Joe Lonsdale · 24 August 2026

Ep 161: Generalist CEO Pete Florence on the Robot Revolution & Bringing General Intelligence to the Physical World

Joe Lonsdale, GP @ 8VC

Podcast episode featuring Generalist CEO Pete Florence discussing how foundation models are enabling general-purpose robots to learn multiple tasks, the shift from hardware-centric to intelligence-centric robotics, and the potential for AI-powered robots to accelerate scientific progress and reindustrialization.

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Topics: Robotics · AI (Horizontal)

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