From the lab to a company.
Physical AI doesn't stop at a paper or a demo. This is the ecosystem around the research — where people start companies, build the skills to work in them, pitch, and get funded. We take Physical AI from a working prototype to a backed business.
Idea to company.
Four parts of one ecosystem: the company, the people who build it, the stage to make the case, and the capital to scale.
Start the company
Incubate and accelerate Physical AI ventures — many spun directly from the research groups, built on the institute's labs and hardware.
Explore →Work in a startup
Startup-readiness training that gives people real skills, the way startups operate, and a path into the ventures we launch.
Explore →Make the case
Virtual and in-person pitch competitions where founders face operators and funders, and leave with a real read on the venture.
Explore →Get funded
Readiness for non-dilutive grants — SBIR/STTR — and dilutive investment, with introductions to the programs and investors that fit.
Explore →Bring us your venture, or join one.
Founders, talent, and the mentors, judges, and investors who back them — start here.