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Archetype AI

3340 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

Overview

Archetype AI, based in Palo Alto and founded by former Google engineers, offers a full-stack Physical AI platform anchored by its Newton foundation model. Newton fuses multimodal sensor inputs, video, and contextual data to create ‘Physical Agents’ that understand and act on real-world environments. Using the company’s Agent Toolkit, enterprises can assemble, test, and deploy agents for applications such as process monitoring, task verification, and safety compliance, running in the cloud, on-premise, or at the edge. Early adopters like NTT DATA, Kajima, and the City of Bellevue report gains in efficiency, reduced downtime, and improved safety across warehouses, construction sites, and city streets. The platform is currently in beta, with broader feature rollouts planned in the coming months. Fresh capital will fund expansion of the toolkit, scaling of the platform, and continued R&D to extend Newton’s ability to interpret and manipulate the physical world. No revenue or user figures were disclosed, but the company partners with Fortune Global 500 brands across automotive, consumer electronics, logistics, and retail sectors.

Total raised
$48M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Nov 2025

Industries

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Information Technology
  • Software
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Nov 2025

    $35M

  2. Seed

    Apr 2024

    $13M

Team

  • Ivan Poupyrev

    Co-Founder and CEO

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  • Nick Gillian

    Founder and CTO

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  • Jaime Lien

    Co-Founder & Chief Scientist

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  • Brandon Barbello

    Founder and COO