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- Bill Jiao@BillJiao930Founder/CEO · General InstinctX26Industrials · San Francisco
- Guanming Wang@Guanming717Founder/CTO · General InstinctX26Industrials · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Bill JiaoGeneral InstinctFounder/CEOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/BillJiao930Guanming WangGeneral InstinctFounder/CTOSpring 2026IndustrialsSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/Guanming717
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Guanming Wang
Founder/CTO·General Instinct
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CTO
Team size2
BatchSpring 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Building inference infrastructure for robotic world models. Former Google DeepMind reinforcement learning researcher with robotics research published at ICRA at age 17. Previously conducted robotics research at UCL and Tsinghua University.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
General InstinctInference Infrastructure for Physical AI
IndustryIndustrials
Websitegeneral-instinct.com/
Team size2
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LocationSan Francisco, United States
BatchSpring 2026
Co-foundersBill Jiao@BillJiao930
