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Open-weight VLA policies that transfer across robot embodiments and novel homes.

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Trust score · Mixed

2 data points checked · 2026-11-02

Model stack: ContradictedEntry price: UnverifiableVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

pi-0.5

Entry cost

Open-source model weights and code available for free on GitHub.

Changes / 30d

0

The short answers

What is the latest version of pi-0.5?
The current shipped version of pi-0.5 is pi-0.5.
How much does pi-0.5 cost?
pi-0.5 has no published flat entry price. Open-source model weights and code available for free on GitHub.
What AI model does pi-0.5 use?
pi-0.5 runs primarily on gemma.

Source: Physical Intelligence — www.physicalintelligence.company · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • cross-embodiment transfer
  • open-world generalisation
  • open checkpoints
  • vision-language-action model (VLA)
  • open-world generalization
  • knowledge insulation
  • flow matching
  • robotics control
  • fine-tuning support
  • remote inference
  • Vision-Language-Action (VLA)
  • Robotics Control
  • Open-world Generalization
  • Knowledge Insulation
  • Flow Matching
  • Fine-tuning Support
  • Remote Inference
  • Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model
  • Open-world generalization
  • Knowledge insulation training
  • Flow matching support
  • PyTorch support
  • Robotic control and manipulation
  • Fine-tuning on custom datasets
  • Remote inference via websocket
  • robot manipulation
  • fine-tuning
  • Robotic Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model
  • Flow matching head for training and inference
  • Fine-tuning support on custom datasets
  • robotics
  • vision-language-action
  • VLA
  • vision-language-action model
  • fine-tuning base model
  • flow matching head
  • vla
  • flow-based
  • flow-matching
  • robotics policy
  • VLA (Vision-Language-Action)
  • flow-based matching
  • open-source weights
  • flow-based VLA
  • VLA (vision-language-action)
  • Robot Manipulation
  • Open-Source
  • Fine-Tuning Support
  • vision-language-action (VLA)
  • robot control
  • open-source
  • generalization
  • Vision-Language-Action
  • Robotics Policy
  • Vision-Language-Action model (VLA)
  • Knowledge insulation
  • Robotic control
  • Flow-based matching
  • robotic foundation model
  • Flow matching head
  • Robotics policy
  • flow-based vla
  • flow-based model
  • vision-language-action (vla)
  • inference support
  • robotic control
  • VLA model
  • flow-based vision-language-action
  • Flow-based VLA
  • Remote Inference via Websockets
  • robotics VLA
  • Fine-tuning support
  • Open-source model
  • robotics model
  • inference
  • Flow-based model
  • Robotics control
  • Open-source model checkpoints
  • remote inference (websocket)
  • VLA (Vision-Language-Action) Model
  • PyTorch Support
  • Remote Inference (Websocket)
  • open-source robotics model
  • knowledge insulation training
  • robot fine-tuning
  • lerobot support
  • robotics vla
  • pytorch support
  • vla model
  • flow-based vision-language-action model
  • robotics fine-tuning
  • flow-matching head
  • Robotic manipulation control
  • Vision-Language-Action model
  • Robotic foundation model
  • robotics foundation model
  • Robotics foundation model
  • Flow matching head support

Pricing

  • Open Source

    Free weights and code via GitHub and Google Cloud Storage checkpoints

    Free

Entry price over time

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4/3/2025 · $011/8/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • gemma

    Google

    disclosed
  • pi-0.5

    Physical Intelligence

    disclosed
  • pi-0.5-DROID

    Physical Intelligence

    disclosed
  • pi-0.5-LIBERO

    Physical Intelligence

    disclosed
  • pi05_base

    Physical Intelligence

    disclosed
  • π₀-FAST

    Provider undisclosed

    disclosed
  • π0.5

    Physical Intelligence

    disclosed

Context window

—

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

no

Stack signals

  • PyTorch
  • uv

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

  • Gemma+1 aliasGoogle · 3 products
  • Fast+1 aliasCognition · 2 products
  • pi-0.5Physical Intelligence · 1 product
  • pi-0.5-DROIDPhysical Intelligence · 1 product
  • pi-0.5-LIBEROPhysical Intelligence · 1 product
  • pi05_basePhysical Intelligence · 1 product
  • π0.5Physical Intelligence · 1 product

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • model

    QA auto-correction: model stack updated to π₀-FAST after a unanimous jury read of the source page

    PaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5, pi-0.5 VLA, π0.5π₀-FAST

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Robotic Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model, Flow matching head for training and inference, Fine-tuning support on custom datasets

    275

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: robot manipulation, fine-tuning

    256

    source
  • model

    pi-0.5 added π0.5 to its model stack

    PaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5, pi-0.5 VLA, π₀.₅PaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5, pi-0.5 VLA, π0.5, π₀.₅

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model, Open-world generalization, Knowledge insulation training

    178

    source
  • model

    pi-0.5 added π₀.₅ to its model stack

    PaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5, pi-0.5 VLAPaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5, pi-0.5 VLA, π₀.₅

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Vision-Language-Action (VLA), Robotics Control, Open-world Generalization

    107

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to 0.5

    pi-0.50.5

    source
  • model

    pi-0.5 added pi-0.5 to its model stack

    PaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5 VLAPaliGemma backbone, pi-0.5, pi-0.5 VLA

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: vision-language-action model (VLA), open-world generalization, knowledge insulation

    37

    source
  • model

    pi-0.5 open checkpoints published in openpi

    pi-0pi-0.5

    source
  • model

    pi-0.5 added pi-0.5 to its model stack

    π0.5pi-0.5, π0.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: robot generalist policy, VLA, open-world generalization

    3 tracked7 tracked · +robot generalist policy, VLA, open-world generalization, vision-language-action model

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to pi-0.5

    π0.5pi-0.5

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to π0.5

    0.5π0.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Vision-Language-Action (VLA), Open-world generalization, Mobile manipulator control

    5 tracked8 tracked · +Vision-Language-Action (VLA), Open-world generalization, Mobile manipulator control

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to 0.5

    π0.50.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: VLA, vision-language-action model, open-world generalization

    5 tracked10 tracked · +VLA, vision-language-action model, open-world generalization, generalist policy, robot control

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: VLAs, Open-World Generalization, Mobile manipulator control

    4 tracked9 tracked · +VLAs, Open-World Generalization, Mobile manipulator control, Physical world AI, Generalist robot policy

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Flow-based model, Robotics control, Open-source model checkpoints

    75 tracked78 tracked · +Flow-based model, Robotics control, Open-source model checkpoints

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to 0.5

    pi-0.50.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Flow-based VLA, Remote Inference via Websockets

    68 tracked70 tracked · +Flow-based VLA, Remote Inference via Websockets

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: robotics VLA

    70 tracked71 tracked · +robotics VLA

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to 0.5

    pi-0.50.5

    source
  • model

    pi-0.5 added gemma to its model stack

    pi-0.5, pi-0.5-droid, pi-0.5-libero, pi05_base, π0.5, π₀-FASTgemma, pi-0.5, pi-0.5-droid, pi-0.5-libero, pi05_base, π0.5, π₀-FAST

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: robotics model

    73 tracked74 tracked · +robotics model

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to pi-0.5

    0.5pi-0.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: inference

    74 tracked75 tracked · +inference

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to pi-0.5

    0.5pi-0.5

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to pi-0.5

    0.5pi-0.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Fine-tuning support, Open-source model

    71 tracked73 tracked · +Fine-tuning support, Open-source model

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to 0.5

    pi-0.50.5

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to pi-0.5

    0.5pi-0.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: remote inference (websocket)

    78 tracked79 tracked · +remote inference (websocket)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: VLA (Vision-Language-Action) Model, PyTorch Support, Remote Inference (Websocket)

    79 tracked82 tracked · +VLA (Vision-Language-Action) Model, PyTorch Support, Remote Inference (Websocket)

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: open-source robotics model, knowledge insulation training, robot fine-tuning

    82 tracked86 tracked · +open-source robotics model, knowledge insulation training, robot fine-tuning, lerobot support

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: vla model

    88 tracked89 tracked · +vla model

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: robotics vla, pytorch support

    86 tracked88 tracked · +robotics vla, pytorch support

    source
  • version

    pi-0.5 moved to 0.5

    pi-0.50.5

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: flow-based vision-language-action model

    89 tracked90 tracked · +flow-based vision-language-action model

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/physical-intelligence-pi

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). pi-0.5 — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/physical-intelligence-pi
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-physical-intelligence-pi,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {pi-0.5 — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/physical-intelligence-pi}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}