Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics

General Intuition, a New York-based startup developing a foundation model for generalized AI agents, is in talks to raise new funding at a $6 billion pre-money valuation. New investors in the round would include Valor Equity Partners, Point72 Ventures, and Seven Seven Six, according to sources familiar with the matter. Existing backers Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst are also participating in the round, which comes just weeks after the company raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation. The deal confirms earlier reporting on one of the most closely watched startups in the physical AI space.

CEO Pim de Witte spun General Intuition out of his video game clip-sharing platform Medal last October. The company uses Medal’s hundreds of millions of hours of gameplay, along with action labels that record which buttons a player pressed and when, as its initial dataset. These action labels are central to the startup’s thesis that a model can develop intuition, or the ability to generalize across tasks it was not explicitly trained on. Investor Vinod Khosla recently said he believes those labels will be key to that emergence.

The funding round would mark a significant step for General Intuition, which is working to train agents to move through space and time. Valor Equity Partners is notable for its history of backing SpaceX, and this would be its first investment in an AI lab since that involvement. TechCrunch has reached out to confirm Valor’s participation, and the story is still developing as details emerge. The valuation jump from $2.3 billion to a proposed $6 billion pre-money reflects the intense investor interest in AI startups tackling real-world movement and interaction.

For the US technology market, this round signals continued capital flowing into physical AI, a sector focused on giving models the ability to operate in dynamic environments rather than just processing text or images. General Intuition’s approach, anchored in gaming data, offers a distinct path compared to competitors that rely on robotic teleoperation or simulation. The company’s New York base also adds to a growing hub of AI startups outside the traditional Silicon Valley corridor. The involvement of Point72 Ventures and Seven Seven Six, both active in early-stage tech, points to broad institutional appetite for the category.

The talks are ongoing, and the final terms have not been publicly confirmed. Sources familiar with the matter did not specify how much money General Intuition would raise in this round, only that the pre-money valuation is set at $6 billion. The company has not issued a public statement about the funding. The previous $320 million round, closed at a $2.3 billion valuation, was itself a substantial raise and set the stage for this rapid follow-up. General Intuition has not disclosed how it plans to use the new funds, though robotics is a stated push for the startup.

This story is developing, and TechCrunch is expected to provide additional details as they become available. The source report identifies Rebecca Bellan as the author, a senior reporter covering AI business and policy. Her reporting notes that Valor Equity Partners has not yet confirmed its investment, leaving room for the deal to change. For now, the proposed round places General Intuition among the higher-valued AI startups in the US, underscoring the market’s bet on embodied intelligence. No timeline for closing the round has been given in the source material.

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