Genesis AI's robot Eno
Genesis AI
There's a new entrant in the race to build a general-purpose robot, and it does not look human.Robotics startup Genesis AI unveiled Eno on Tuesday, a wheeled robot with two arms, but instead of legs, it has a three-panel body that can adjust its height and fold down when not in use.Zhou Xian, CEO of Genesis AI, said the company plans to produce dozens of robots by the end of the year and begin small-scale customer deployments. Eno will first roll out with manufacturers, logistics companies, and laboratories. Service industry customers will follow, and the robot will eventually be available for homes.Genesis AI is entering the market as robotics becomes one of the hottest areas in AI. Investors and founders are betting that the next wave of AI will move beyond chatbots and into machines that can work in the physical world."We do foresee within the next ten years, there's going to be a billion general-purpose robots deployed everywhere, and we want to be one of the dominant players," said Xian, who cofounded the company in early 2025 after finishing his Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon.Genesis AI has raised $105 million from VC firm Eclipse, Khosla Ventures, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Unlike model-focused firms such as Physical Intelligence and Skild, the startup is developing the entire stack: the AI model, training gloves, simulator, and the robot itself. Xian said Eno, which is "one" spelled backward, is the first of several robots Genesis AI plans to build.
