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Jun 18, 2026
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General Intuition in Talks to Raise $300M at $2B Valuation
AI Summary
General Intuition, a New York-based AI startup, is in talks to raise $300 million at a valuation of around $2 billion. The startup, which spun out of Medal, is building a foundation model that trains AI agents to move through space and time.
General Intuition's Massive Funding Round
General Intuition, a New York-based startup building a foundation model that trains AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise around $300 million, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
The Background of General Intuition
The raise comes eight months after General Intuition spun out of Medal, a platform for uploading and sharing video game clips, with a $134 million seed round. The fresh funds would bring the startup’s valuation up to just over $2 billion, sources say.
Key Backers and Investors
Sources tell TechCrunch General Intuition has secured funds from backers, including Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, as well as existing investors Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst.
The Team Behind General Intuition
Pim de Witte, who co-founded Medal, founded and leads General Intuition alongside co-founders Eloi Alonso, Adam Jelley, and Vincent Micheli — researchers who bring expertise in world modeling and simulation.
The Unique Dataset and Technology
The startup trains embodied AI and world models using Medal’s dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users. The startup’s pitch is that such a dataset — unique because it allows AI to learn from interactive, first-person gameplay — is the perfect base to teach machines deep spatial-temporal reasoning, allowing them to perceive, anticipate, and interact in real time in simulation.
Competition in the World Model Space
The world model space that General Intuition is playing in is heating up. Startups like Runway, Decart, and World Labs have all recently released world models, and Google’s Genie 3 recently began integrating Google Maps data for more real-world simulation capabilities.
Future Plans and Use of Funds
General Intuition will use the funds to scale up its compute capacity so it can release a new product by the end of summer or early fall, according to a source familiar with the matter.