General Intuition, the New York-based startup that teaches AI how to navigate through space and time, is now eyeing an impressive $300 million funding round. This comes eight months after it emerged from the tech firm Medal with a hefty $134 million seed round. With a valuation of just over $2 billion, General Intuition’s latest fundraising push will bolster its mission to train embodied AI and world models using a unique dataset of 2 billion videos per year from 10 million monthly active users.

The startup, co-founded by Pim de Witte alongside Eloi Alonso, Adam Jelley, and Vincent Micheli – experts in world modeling and simulation – aims to differentiate itself by building world models not for sale but as a means of training AI agents. This approach has caught the eye of giants like OpenAI and Eric Schmidt, as well as Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst.

With gaming and robotics training as their near-term focus, these companies see a future where AI can perceive, anticipate and interact in real-time simulations more effectively than ever before. General Intuition plans to utilise the new funds to boost its computing power and release a new product by summer or early fall, setting it apart with its unique dataset that allows deep spatial-temporal reasoning.

The world model space is heating up, with rivals like Runway, Decart, and World Labs recently releasing their own models. Google’s Genie 3 has also started integrating real-world simulation capabilities using Google Maps data. As the race intensifies, General Intuition hopes to carve out a unique path in training AI agents for these new scenarios.