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Game Controllers Are the Universal Robot Interface | Pim de Witte

General Intuition raised $220M at $6.2B valuation betting that pixel-native world models, controlled like game controllers, will out-scale code-based robot control.

  • $220M Series A: General Intuition raised $220M at a $6.2B valuation (bringing total raised to over $600M), just months after a prior round, after proving sim-to-real transfer to physical robots.
  • Game controllers as universal interface: CEO Pim de Witte says game controller/keyboard-mouse inputs are a general interface nearly every robot already supports, letting pixel-native models control robots without retraining locomotion policies.

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