Robotics · Paris, France and Palo Alto, CA · Founded 2024 · Raised $105M · Growth stage
Genesis AI
Review noteFounded December 2024 by Zhou Xian (CMU PhD) and Theophile Gervet (ex-Mistral); emerged from stealth July 2025 with a $105M seed co-led by Eclipse and Khosla, with Bpifrance, HSG, Eric Schmidt and Xavier Niel. Bloomberg reported in July 2026 that it is in talks to raise about $500M at a $3B pre-money valuation. Source ↗
Edge
11#188 · ▼10 in 7d
Team from Carnegie Mellon
Why now
- 11 of 72 open roles posted in the last 30 days, against 15 in the 30 days before
Hiring · Oct 6
- Domain rank rose from 1,769,527 to 1,562,242 in 30 days, in a 90-day climb that beat 89% of similar sites
Traffic · Oct 5
- At least 1 paper and 13 authors list the company as an affiliation in the last 120 days
Research · Sep 23
People
Last author of a paper
Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University · University of California, Los Angeles · University of Pennsylvania
h-index 23 · 1.9K citations
- Zhaofeng LuoSearch ↗
First author of a paper
Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University
- Alexis DuburcqSearch ↗
Paper author
- Gianna CalderonSearch ↗
Paper author
- Hugh Nicholas PerkinsSearch ↗
Paper author
- Jaehoon ChoiSearch ↗
Paper author
- Sanghyun SonSearch ↗
Paper author
- Trinity ChungSearch ↗
Paper author
Score
Research, hiring, traffic
× 0.91
Matched on manipulation, robot, robotic, robotic manipulation
× 0.47
Already visible: funding stage, capital raised
× 0.95
Team from Carnegie Mellon
28 × 0.91 × 0.47 × 0.95 = 11
Edge, 12 weeks
Signals
- Oct 6Hiring11 of 72 open roles posted in the last 30 days, against 15 in the 30 days before↗
- Oct 5TrafficDomain rank rose from 1,769,527 to 1,562,242 in 30 days, in a 90-day climb that beat 89% of similar sites↗
- Sep 23ResearchAt least 1 paper and 13 authors list the company as an affiliation in the last 120 days↗