Machine Learning Street Talk Big Funding: General Intuition Raises $134M for Spatial AI
Oct 30, 2025
General Intuition's recent $134M funding is set to enhance AI understanding of space and movement, paving the way for smarter robotics. Meanwhile, Google's latest updates for its video model focus on improved audio and editing features. Claude Haiku 4.5 introduces significant performance and cost benefits for developers. There's talk of Apple's executive shifts affecting Siri's upgrade plans, while Kayak.ai launches a new travel planning AI. Pinterest aims to limit AI-generated content amidst community concerns.
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Game Clips Teach Spatial Reasoning
- General Intuition raised $133.7M to train AI on video-game clips to teach spatial reasoning.
- Game clips provide vast edge-case first-person data that can train better real-world agent behavior.
Spinout From Metal Fueled The Raise
- Metal spun out General Intuition because their platform hosts 2 billion videos per year and 10M monthly uploaders.
- That dataset made them more attractive and reportedly drew a $500M acquisition interest from OpenAI last year.
Edge Cases Improve Robot Safety
- Spatial reasoning learned from game footage can transfer to robotics and agent safety.
- Edge-case game clips expose risky scenarios rarely captured in real-world filming.