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FinSight Ventures launches $100 million Physical AI fund

The $1 billion-plus manager plans 10 to 12 holdings across robotics, AI for science, a foundation layer and hardware.

$100MTarget size of FinSight's Physical AI index fund

At a glance

  1. A management fee and minimum commitment were not disclosed, leaving advisors without basic cost terms.
  2. UN projections cited by FinSight have the working-age population of East Asia, Europe and the United States contracting by 342 million people by 2050, a cohort representing about 55% of global GDP.
  3. Physical AI took 12% of global venture financing in 2025, up from 0.8% in 2016, according to PitchBook data cited by the firm.

FinSight Ventures announced a $100 million Physical AI Index Fund, its second thematic index vehicle, targeting 10 to 12 companies in robotics, AI for science, the foundation layer, and hardware and infrastructure.

A management fee and minimum commitment were not disclosed, leaving advisors without basic cost terms. The San Francisco firm reports more than $1 billion in assets and 13 unicorns in its portfolio, and describes the fund as the first institutional vehicle dedicated exclusively to Physical AI.

UN projections cited by FinSight have the working-age population of East Asia, Europe and the United States contracting by 342 million people by 2050, a cohort representing about 55% of global GDP. "The only channel with growing capacity is automation through Physical AI," said Alexey Garyunov, the firm's founder and general partner.

Physical AI took 12% of global venture financing in 2025, up from 0.8% in 2016, according to PitchBook data cited by the firm.

Physical AI's share of venture dollars rose 15-fold

Physical AI's share of global venture financing, 2016 vs 2025 (%)

2016

0.8%

2025

12%

From under 1% to 12 cents of every global venture dollar.

Source: PitchBook data cited by FinSight Ventures
The only channel with growing capacity is automation through Physical AI.Alexey Garyunov, founder and general partner of FinSight Ventures

Reported by the Venture Capital desk from GlobeNewswire. Published . Corrections

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