Physical Superintelligence Raises $58M Seed

Physical Superintelligence (PSI), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has launched with $58 million in seed funding to industrialize physics discovery at machine scale using artificial intelligence. The company focuses on creating high-fidelity world models and engineering physical systems, with initial applications in data center optimization and interstellar space mission planning.

Investors

The round was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, with participation from Dragon Global, Robot Ventures, Solari, Susa, SV Angel, Valkyrie, Balaji Srinivasan, Anthony Scaramucci, and individual investors from OpenAI, NVIDIA, SoftBank Energy, Oracle, Hugging Face, JUMP Capital, and the a16z Scout Fund.

Physical Superintelligence Use of Funds

Physical Superintelligence will use the capital to recruit researchers, scientists, and engineers to solve fundamental physics challenges. The funding will also support the continued development of its core Emmy platform, which utilizes AI-driven reasoning and simulations to generate, test, and prove scientific hypotheses at scale. Additionally, the company intends to pursue commercially and scientifically valuable discoveries across the energy-to-compute stack.

About Physical Superintelligence

Founded in 2026 by Matt Pines, Alex Klokus, and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross, Physical Superintelligence (PSI) is an AI-native physics research company building a virtual physics laboratory designed to accelerate scientific discovery and engineering. Its Emmy platform combines AI reasoning, high-fidelity world models, and large-scale simulations to help researchers solve complex physics problems, optimize physical systems, and explore new scientific hypotheses.

Funding Details

Company Website: https://psi.inc

Company: Physical Superintelligence
Raised: $58M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: September 1, 2026
Lead Investor: Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Additional Investors: Dragon Global, Robot Ventures, Solari, Susa, SV Angel, Valkyrie, Balaji Srinivasan, Anthony Scaramucci, OpenAI, NVIDIA, SoftBank Energy, Oracle, Hugging Face, JUMP Capital, a16z Scout Fund
Company Website: https://psi.inc/
Software Category: Artificial Intelligence
Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/introducing-physical-superintelligence-the-worlds-most-advanced-physics-lab-staffed-by-virtual-physicists-to-discover-new-laws-of-the-universe-302865561.html