Genesis AI's Eno robot rejects the humanoid default

Xian Zhou and Theophile Gervet are taking a wheeled, foldable path into physical AI after raising a $105 million seed round.

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Genesis AI is testing whether physical AI wins first by matching human capability, not human shape, in the factories and warehouses where robots can actually deploy.

Illustration of Genesis AI's Eno robot with a non-humanoid, wheeled, foldable body suggesting compact mobility.

Xian Zhou and Theophile Gervet put Genesis AI's first general-purpose robot, Eno, into public view on June 16th, making the young robotics company spell out the hardware bet behind its $105 million seed round: human-level manipulation does not require a human-shaped machine.…

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