This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
TechCrunch AI Rebecca Bellan July 8, 2026

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# Robots Could Get Much Smarter—and Cheaper to Build A startup called General Intuition thinks they've found a shortcut to making robots intelligent: use video game footage instead of expensive real-world training. By teaching AI systems through millions of hours of video games, they believe robots will learn to move and problem-solve more effectively, without companies having to spend years collecting data from actual robots in the real world.
General Intuition is betting millions of hours of video game data can train the foundation models for physical AI, making it easier to build smarter robots with minimal real-world data.
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