{
  "id": 14887542,
  "title": "Disrupt: PhysicsX CEO Jacomo Corbo: \"It's about giving engineers superpowers\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/disrupt-physicsx-chef-jacomo-corbo-es-geht-darum-ingenieuren",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:18:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/audio/disrupt-podcast/disrupt-interview-mit-physicsx-chef-jacomo-corbo/100262716.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "PhysicsX, a London-based start-up, is using AI to predict the behavior of complex engineering components, such as aircraft wings and gas turbines, under various conditions like heat, flow, and stress. According to its CEO Jacomo Corbo, PhysicsX's approach can be up to one million times faster than traditional methods. The company has been valued at $2.4 billion by investors. Corbo, a former strategist for Renault's Formula 1 team and founder of McKinsey's Quantumblack AI division, was interviewed by Larissa Holzki at the HumanX AI conference in Amsterdam.",
  "summary": "At Renault, he optimized pit stops as a Formula 1 strategist, today his AI calculates engines. In the podcast, Jacomo Corbo talks about new \"superpowers\" for engineers.",
  "key_points": [
    "PhysicsX uses AI to predict physical phenomena in complex components",
    "CEO Jacomo Corbo claims AI calculations up to 1 million times faster",
    "Company valued at $2.4 billion by investors"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}