Guru Chahal · 1 October 2026 · Industry Analysis

What Role Will Frontier Models Play in Robotics?

Guru Chahal, Partner @ Lightspeed

Frontier models like GPT-4 and Astra excel at planning and decision-making for robots, while robotic foundation models handle physical execution. As physical skills become commoditized, the real value may shift to higher-order reasoning—raising questions about how that planning intelligence will be divided between general AI and robotics-specific systems.

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Topics: Robotics · AI (Horizontal)

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