Startup launches AI physics lab to maximize data center efficiency
Physical Superintelligence launched out of stealth on Tuesday with $58 million in funding.
A new startup called Physical Superintelligence, or PSI, has been launched by a team of AI physicists with the mission of tackling unsolved physics challenges and enhancing data center efficiency. The venture, which has secured $58 million in funding, was founded by the Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Co-founder Matt Pines explained to Semafor that the company believes fundamental physics holds the key to enabling rapid advancements in agentic science.
The AI physicists, known collectively as Emmy, are equipped with built-in verification mechanisms designed to identify when the AI reaches "extremely confident and completely wrong" conclusions. Initially, PSI aims to optimize cooling, power, and electrical flows within data centers before they are constructed, starting with a substantial facility in Texas.
Moreover, PSI is partnering on a privately-funded initiative to utilize AI planning in the creation of a probe designed to travel to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth. This ambitious journey is expected to take between 70,000 and 75,000 years, highlighting the immense potential of AI-driven scientific exploration.
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