Persona AI, a humanoid robotics company, was founded last month by Nic Radford and Jerry Pratt, according to IEEE Spectrum. Radford left Nauticus in January and said he initially did not want anything to do with humanoids, but “things are changing so quickly” and he called Pratt because “this is actually very possible.” Pratt recently left Figure due primarily to the two-body problem. Pratt said there is “a lot of bashing your head against the wall in robotics” and that persistence is important, adding that he and Radford are “a bit more optimistic about the commercial aspects now” but want to be “pragmatic and realistic.” The article says Persona does not have to be first, best funded, or highest profile in the space—it simply has to succeed. Step one will be building a founding team across two locations: Houston and Pensacola, Fla. Radford said the response to just a couple of LinkedIn posts about Persona has been “tremendous,” and with a substantial seed investment in the works, Persona will have more than just a vision to attract top talent.