Generative Bionics

Generative Bionics is an Italian deep-tech company that spun out of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in 2024, drawing on more than two decades of humanoid research behind the iCub, iRonCub, and ergoCub robots. Led by CEO Daniele Pucci, it builds industrial humanoids around 'Physical AI' and full-body tactile sensing, and backed by an €70M ($81M) seed round it is pursuing a sovereign European actuation and supply chain with Germany's Synapticon. Its first announced application is humanoid welding in Fincantieri shipyards; in October 2026 it signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian energy group Eni to explore Gene.01 for industrial inspection, teleoperation, and remote assistance, deepening Eni Next's December 2025 investment in the company.