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▶ 9:44 · Robotics & Physical AI · Physical AI represents 80% of economic activity with robots outnumbering humans in 5-10 years
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Y Combinator

Why Physical AI Is the Next Platform Shift

2026-07-25 · 1 company · 2 thematic
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eric landau

Former particle physicist and quantitative trader of 10 years who left finance during COVID to build Encord, a data infrastructure platform for physical AI. Believes AI is the generational platform shift comparable to early internet.

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