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General Intuition raises $320 million to develop AI from gaming

Dan Primack

Illustration of a video game controller with the buttons in the shape of speech bubbles and exclamation points — Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

General Intuition, an AI lab that uses gaming content for training, raised $320 million in Series A funding at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation and already is working on a Series B round.

Why it matters: The next phase of AI adoption and investment is expanding into the physical economy, according to a Goldman Sachs report shared exclusively with Axios.

GI's bet is that gaming — both gameplay video and the player inputs that produced it — can help build both world models and large action models faster and cheaper than by other training techniques.

Cap table: Khosla Ventures led the Series A, joined by General Catalyst, Hedosophia, Bezos Expeditions, Innovation Endeavors, and Nico Rosberg.

The bottom line: "It shouldn't have been possible to start a frontier lab in 2025. The doors were shut, they said. But thanks to Vinod [Khosla], and his relentless ability to believe in founding teams, it was." — Pim de Witte, CEO of General Intuition

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