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Description: Positronic Robotics is two engineers from Google Search. We train no models and sell no robots, so no result on our rigs is a result about us.

<section class="page-head"><h1>The best thing we can do for <em>Physical AI</em> is measure it properly</h1><p class="hero-lede">We met at Google, and we both worked on Search there. Evaluation there is a whole engineering discipline, and we took it for granted for years, until we found out that it is not a universally solved problem. Physical AI does not have one yet, so we are building it.</p></section>
<section class="page-head"><h1>The best thing we can do for <em>Physical AI</em> is measure it properly</h1><p class="hero-lede">We met at Google and we both worked on Search ranking. Evaluation there is a whole engineering discipline, and we took it for granted for years — until we found that physical AI has nothing like it. So we are building it.</p></section>

<section class="band"><div class="rail"><span class="label">Founders</span></div><div class="col"><h2>Both founders are engineers</h2><div class="founders"><div class="founder"><img class="founder-face" src="theme/positronic/static/img/founder-sergey.jpg" alt="Sergey Arkhangelskiy" width="560" height="560" /><p class="founder-name">Sergey Arkhangelskiy</p><p class="founder-role">Co-founder and CEO</p><p class="founder-line">Ten years at Google, including search ranking. Co-founded WANNA, an augmented-reality try-on company with Gucci and Louis Vuitton among its clients, and sold it to Farfetch in 2022.</p><p class="founder-links"><a class="icon-linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeyarkhangelskiy/" aria-label="Sergey Arkhangelskiy on LinkedIn"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433c-1.144 0-2.063-.926-2.063-2.065 0-1.138.92-2.063 2.063-2.063 1.14 0 2.064.925 2.064 2.063 0 1.139-.925 2.065-2.064 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452zM22.225 0H1.771C.792 0 0 .774 0 1.729v20.542C0 23.227.792 24 1.771 24h20.451C23.2 24 24 23.227 24 22.271V1.729C24 .774 23.2 0 22.222 0h.003z"/></svg></a><a class="icon-x" href="https://x.com/s_arkhangelskiy" aria-label="Sergey Arkhangelskiy on X"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M18.901 1.153h3.68l-8.04 9.19L24 22.846h-7.406l-5.8-7.584-6.638 7.584H.474l8.6-9.83L0 1.154h7.594l5.243 6.932ZM17.61 20.644h2.039L6.486 3.24H4.298Z"/></svg></a></p></div><div class="founder"><img class="founder-face" src="theme/positronic/static/img/founder-vladimir.jpg" alt="Vladimir Yakunin" width="560" height="560" /><p class="founder-name">Vladimir Yakunin</p><p class="founder-role">Co-founder and CTO</p><p class="founder-line">Twelve years at Google, including Search. Then Snowflake, where he built the platform and performance infrastructure behind it. ICPC silver medallist.</p><p class="founder-links"><a class="icon-linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-yakunin-3685a42b/" aria-label="Vladimir Yakunin on LinkedIn"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433c-1.144 0-2.063-.926-2.063-2.065 0-1.138.92-2.063 2.063-2.063 1.14 0 2.064.925 2.064 2.063 0 1.139-.925 2.065-2.064 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452zM22.225 0H1.771C.792 0 0 .774 0 1.729v20.542C0 23.227.792 24 1.771 24h20.451C23.2 24 24 23.227 24 22.271V1.729C24 .774 23.2 0 22.222 0h.003z"/></svg></a></p></div></div></div></section>
<section class="band"><div class="rail"><span class="label">Founders</span></div><div class="col"><h2>Founded by two veterans of Google Search ranking</h2><div class="founders"><div class="founder"><img class="founder-face" src="theme/positronic/static/img/founder-sergey.jpg" alt="Sergey Arkhangelskiy" width="560" height="560" /><p class="founder-name">Sergey Arkhangelskiy</p><p class="founder-role">Co-founder and CEO</p><p class="founder-line">Ten years at Google, including search ranking. Co-founded WANNA, an augmented-reality try-on company with Gucci and Louis Vuitton among its clients, and sold it to Farfetch in 2022.</p><p class="founder-links"><a class="icon-linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeyarkhangelskiy/" aria-label="Sergey Arkhangelskiy on LinkedIn"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433c-1.144 0-2.063-.926-2.063-2.065 0-1.138.92-2.063 2.063-2.063 1.14 0 2.064.925 2.064 2.063 0 1.139-.925 2.065-2.064 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452zM22.225 0H1.771C.792 0 0 .774 0 1.729v20.542C0 23.227.792 24 1.771 24h20.451C23.2 24 24 23.227 24 22.271V1.729C24 .774 23.2 0 22.222 0h.003z"/></svg></a><a class="icon-x" href="https://x.com/s_arkhangelskiy" aria-label="Sergey Arkhangelskiy on X"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M18.901 1.153h3.68l-8.04 9.19L24 22.846h-7.406l-5.8-7.584-6.638 7.584H.474l8.6-9.83L0 1.154h7.594l5.243 6.932ZM17.61 20.644h2.039L6.486 3.24H4.298Z"/></svg></a></p></div><div class="founder"><img class="founder-face" src="theme/positronic/static/img/founder-vladimir.jpg" alt="Vladimir Yakunin" width="560" height="560" /><p class="founder-name">Vladimir Yakunin</p><p class="founder-role">Co-founder and CTO</p><p class="founder-line">Twelve years at Google, including Search. Then Snowflake, where he built the platform and performance infrastructure behind it. ICPC silver medallist.</p><p class="founder-links"><a class="icon-linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-yakunin-3685a42b/" aria-label="Vladimir Yakunin on LinkedIn"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M20.447 20.452h-3.554v-5.569c0-1.328-.027-3.037-1.852-3.037-1.853 0-2.136 1.445-2.136 2.939v5.667H9.351V9h3.414v1.561h.046c.477-.9 1.637-1.85 3.37-1.85 3.601 0 4.267 2.37 4.267 5.455v6.286zM5.337 7.433c-1.144 0-2.063-.926-2.063-2.065 0-1.138.92-2.063 2.063-2.063 1.14 0 2.064.925 2.064 2.063 0 1.139-.925 2.065-2.064 2.065zm1.782 13.019H3.555V9h3.564v11.452zM22.225 0H1.771C.792 0 0 .774 0 1.729v20.542C0 23.227.792 24 1.771 24h20.451C23.2 24 24 23.227 24 22.271V1.729C24 .774 23.2 0 22.222 0h.003z"/></svg></a></p></div></div></div></section>

<section class="band"><div class="rail"><span class="label">Independence</span></div><div class="col"><h2>We train no models and we sell no robots</h2><p>Nothing of ours is on the leaderboard, so no result of ours is a result about us. A private eval runs the same way: the same rigs, the same tasks and the same scoring as the public board, on your checkpoint, and the numbers go to you alone.</p><p>The rigs are in the EU (Cyprus), with an operator who resets the scene after every attempt. Every run is recorded, and the scoring is fixed before it runs: the method is in the <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29710">PhAIL paper</a>, the harness is <a href="https://github.com/Positronic-Robotics/positronic">on GitHub</a>. On the leaderboard those recordings are public. On your eval they are yours.</p></div></section>
<section class="band"><div class="rail"><span class="label">Independence</span></div><div class="col"><h2>We train no models and we sell no robots</h2><p>Nothing of ours is on the leaderboard, so no result of ours is a result about us. We are not owned by a cloud provider, a robot maker or a model lab, and nobody pays us for an outcome.</p><p>The robots are in the EU (Cyprus) — fixed stations, each with an operator who resets the scene after every attempt. Every run is recorded, and the scoring is fixed before it runs: the method is in the <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29710">PhAIL paper</a>, the harness is <a href="https://github.com/Positronic-Robotics/positronic">on GitHub</a>. On the leaderboard those recordings are public. On your eval they are yours.</p></div></section>

<section class="band"><div class="rail"><span class="label">Backing</span></div><div class="col"><p>Our pre-seed round is led by <a href="https://33east.vc">33East</a>, with participation from <a href="https://rtp.vc">RTP</a>, <a href="https://davidovs.com">Davidovs Venture Collective</a>, <a href="https://orionvc.co">Orion VC</a> and multiple angels.</p><p><a href="https://nebius.com">Nebius</a> is a founding partner of the leaderboard.</p></div></section>

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