person
Pieter Abbeel
UC Berkeley professor; Covariant co-founder
Roboticist who co-founded Covariant. Publicly frames AI/robotics progress as net-positive and argues the field is closer to transformative robotics than the safety discourse acknowledges.
current Professor of EECS, UC Berkeley; Co-founder, Covariant
Strategy positions
Techno-optimismendorsestentative
Technology and markets solve risks faster than regulation creates themFrames AI robotics as a major productivity and quality-of-life unlock; less focused on extinction framings.
The gap between lab demos and deployed robots is closing, and that will reshape physical work.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.