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Field AI expands to Oakland with new office amid robotics push

By submitting your information you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement . A California-based AI startup is planting roots in Pittsburgh's tech scene, with plans to expand its presence in a new Oakland office. Story Highlights Field AI expands to Oakland with new office space. Company develops Field Foundation Models for robotics and AI. InnovatePGH supports Field AI's growth in Pittsburgh. Look for a new California tech startup to grow its Pittsburgh presence with a new office in Oakland as it works to develop a new initial-named technology in the field of robotics and AI. The company is called Field AI, based in Mission Viejo, California, and backed by $100 million in capital and touting a leadership with experience at such firms as Boston Dynamics, DeepMind and others. Field AI is working to continue to develop what it calls Field Foundation Models, or FFM, the company says are able to incorporate context and safety awareness over just incorporating data to enable robots to better function in unknown conditions. GET TO KNOW YOUR CITY Find Local Events Near You Connect with a community of local professionals. Explore All Events While the company has been working out of small space on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, InnovatePGH reports that FieldAI has leased its largest space at its Avenu coworking space on Meyran Avenue in Oakland and is working to move into what will be its first independent office in next 30 to 45 days. "They're a really exciting company," said Mike Madden, a vice president of InnovatePGH and the Innovation District Director, calling the company's technology "a marriage of robotics and AI." The company will be taking about 1,500 square feet up to 2,000 square feet and is striving to grow to a staff of about 12 to 15 people. It's an ideal kind of company for InnovatePGH to target and work with as it helps Field AI to set up shop in its Oakland space with the goal of enabling it to scale into a larger presence in the relative near future. "We want to see them take root in Avenu but outgrow us," added Madden. It's the kind of trajectory InnovatePGH recently experienced with the global Japanese conglomerate Fujitsu, which recently opted to move out of an Avenu space into the redevelopment of the Kings Court building on Forbes Avenue where it was able to lease more space for a larger staff. Bethany Wallace, the communications director for InnovatePGH, added the organization is working to make sure Field AI's new space is outfitted with the kind of server capacity it needs as it continues to work to develop its technology. Doing so, she added, is an example of "the flexibility we're able to provide to them that might be hard to find in other coworking spaces."