(UW Photo)A former Meta AI research director has raised $10.25 million for a Seattle-area startup working on what it calls “human-centered physical intelligence” — AI designed to help people interact with and make sense of the physical world, beyond text and images on screens. Reached via phone by GeekWire on Monday evening, Carlberg said he wasn’t yet ready to share details about the startup. Carlberg’s personal website describes him as founder and CEO of a “stealth AI startup focused on physical AI and real-world intelligence.” Carlberg spent more than five years at Meta, where he led a research team spanning Reality Labs Research and the company’s Fundamental AI Research group, working on physical AI and simulation for wearable computers and virtual and mixed-reality devices. Although Carlberg hasn’t publicly detailed what the new startup is building, his research points to the problems he’s been focused on.