General Instinct
Deployable Physical AI on Any Edge Device.
Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveB2BInfrastructureRoboticsDronesManufacturingAI
What they do
Problem
Edge devices lack an easy way to run and deploy physical AI capabilities locally without relying on centralized cloud infrastructure.
Solution
It provides deployable physical AI software that can run on any edge device.
Who it's for
Developers and companies building robotics or physical AI applications on edge hardware.
Founders
Bill Jiao
Founder
worked on Siemens' first multimodal foundation model, secured 2 patents on tardigrade proteins as a junior in high school, now building edge intelligence for physical AI.
Guanming Wang
Founder
Ex-Google DeepMind | ICRA Author at 18 | Former Tsinghua Researcher | 3× Global Hackathon Winner
Company timeline
- Founded2026
- YC batchSpring 2026
- StatusActive
- Team size2 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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