🏗 **Firsthand: Seven Years Inside Applied Intuition, the Quietly Dominant Physical AI Company**

First Round Review follows Malhar Patel's rise from new-grad engineer to Deputy CTO across seven years at Applied Intuition, the AI company behind software for autonomous vehicles, construction trucks, and fighter jets.
• The company now runs **1,000+ engineers** and customers execute roughly **50 million simulations a year** on its platform.
• Valuation has climbed to around **$15B**, up from $6B at its Series E.
_One quirk survived the scale-up: the no-shoes office policy from its first rented house in Mountain View._

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