▶ 24:30 · $GENERALIST · Gen One proves scaling laws in robotics with 99% reliability from one hour of data

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Ex-DeepMind Scientist Just Solved Robotic's Toughest Challenge

2026-08-24 · 3 company · 13 thematic

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Joe Lonsdale hosts American Optimists. He co-founded Palantir Technologies and founded venture firm 8VC. He previously hired Scott Wu at an early company and references his experience building Palantir's forward-deployed engineer model and government technology partnerships.

pete florence

Pete Florence is a former senior research scientist at Google DeepMind (4.5 years) and MIT PhD. He founded Generalist to build general foundation models for robotics, achieving scaling-law breakthroughs with Gen Zero (Nov) and Gen One (Apr) models showing 99%+ reliability on one hour of data.

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“Our first model we announced back in November our gen zero model um it was a very significant like moment overall for for the field. It was really um it was the first model to show scaling laws really exists in in robotics in in a in reall…”

—pete florence

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Gen One proves scaling laws in robotics with 99% reliability from one hour of data

Generalist's Gen One model is the first to show significant scaling laws in robotics, hitting 99%+ reliability at non-embarrassing speeds with improvisational intelligence on new…

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▶ 24:30 · $GENERALIST · Gen One proves scaling laws in robotics with 99% reliability from one hour of data

episode briefing

Joe Lonsdale

Ex-DeepMind Scientist Just Solved Robotic's Toughest Challenge

2026-08-24 · 3 company · 13 thematic

sentiment

3 bull0 bear0 neu

speakers

joe lonsdale

pete florence

quote

“Our first model we announced back in November our gen zero model um it was a very significant like moment overall for for the field. It was really um it was the first model to show scaling laws really exists in in robotics in in a in reall…”

—pete florence

episode shorts · 3

The coming explosion in general-purpose robots

How Robots Learn

Pete Florence on self-taught robots 🤯

now playing · $GENERALIST

$GENERALISTbullish· high· posjoe lonsdale

Lonsdale backs Generalist as robotics inflection arrives in late 2020s not 2030s

Joe Lonsdale, as investor and partner, states Generalist's progress proves general-purpose robotics will matter 'really, really soon' — within the next couple years — not the 2030…

$GENERALISTbullish· highpete florence

Generalist hits GPT-3 moment for robotics with Gen One model showing scaling laws

Generalist's Gen One robotics foundation model demonstrates scaling laws in physical AI, achieving 99%+ reliability on new tasks with just one hour of data, crossing into commerci…

$GENERALISTbullish· highpete florence

Gen One proves scaling laws in robotics with 99% reliability from one hour of data

Generalist's Gen One model is the first to show significant scaling laws in robotics, hitting 99%+ reliability at non-embarrassing speeds with improvisational intelligence on new…