Medal Founder Launches AI Lab General Intuition With $133.7M Seed Round After Rejecting $500M OpenAI Acquisition
Summary
Medal founder Pim de Witte launches AI lab General Intuition with $133.7 million seed funding after rejecting a $500 million OpenAI acquisition offer, planning to use 2 billion annual gaming videos to develop AI models that navigate 3D environments and interact with the real world.
Key Points
- Medal founder Pim de Witte spins out new AI lab General Intuition with $133.7 million seed funding, primarily from Vinod Khosla, after rejecting acquisition offers including a reported $500 million from OpenAI
- The company plans to use Medal's 2 billion annual video game uploads from thousands of games to develop foundational AI models that can navigate 3D environments and interact with the real world
- General Intuition joins a growing wave of companies developing world models and AI agents capable of real-world interaction, representing the next major advancement in artificial intelligence