Alphabet-owned Intrinsic will join Google as the tech giant looks to move into the field of physical AI.
companies revealed On Feb. 25, Google will transition Intrinsic’s robotics software platform — which was created to simplify the way developers design, build and operate industrial robots — into its AI and cloud ecosystem.
Under the arrangement, Intrinsic will remain a separate group within Google but Google will work closely with DeepMind and use Google gemini ai model and cloud infrastructure.
“Working together with Google… we can accelerate the rate of AI from research to real-world production in accessible and practical ways,” Intrinsic said in a release.
Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White said in the release that the collaboration will “fundamentally shift production to advanced manufacturing” and make intelligent robotics more widely accessible.
“The Intrinsic team has been working for years to enable access to intelligent robotics through a democratized platform, so more people can build and leverage robotics applications,” he said. “Together with Google’s…AI and infrastructure, we’re going to unlock the promise of physical AI for a broader group of manufacturing businesses and developers.”
This development comes as Google looks to move more actively physical aiGenerally defined as applications that integrate advanced AI capabilities into machines to enable greater autonomy and more human-like perception.
The sector is set to be the next step in the development of AI in manufacturing industries, along with other key players NVIDIA And Qualcomm is looking to build out its own physical AI offering.
“At Google, we see immense opportunity in bridging the gap between the digital and physical worlds,” said Hiroshi Lockheimer, chief product officer at Other Bets, another unit of Alphabet that works on autonomous driving projects, Waymo and other products. “We’re excited to welcome the Intrinsic team to Google, so we can bring critical AI to more businesses and industries at scale.”
After several years of internal development, Intrinsic was established as an independent company in 2021 as part of the OtherBates portfolio. This unit was created with the aim of supporting applications of physical AI in manufacturing.
The company’s first product, FlowState, launched in 2023 as a platform that enables users without deep robotics expertise to create and manage robotic workflows.
