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Dream Labs raises 90 million dollars in seed funding for robotics AI

Former Nvidia researchers have launched Dream Labs with 90 million dollars in seed funding to build foundation models designed to control general purpose robots.

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Dream Labs has raised 90 million dollars in a seed funding round, as reported by Forbes, Pulse 2.0, and FourWeekMBA. The startup was founded by former Nvidia researchers to build general purpose artificial intelligence models for everyday robotics. [1][2][3]

According to Pulse 2.0, the seed round was co-led by venture capital firms B Capital and Kindred Ventures. Additional participation in the funding round included investors A.Capital, Unusual Ventures, SV Angel, Wing VC, Scribble VC, and individual investor Adrian Aoun. [2]

Pulse 2.0 also reported that alongside the funding, Dream Labs launched what it describes as the first publicly available application programming interface for a robot foundation model. Forbes reported that the software aims to provide robot intelligence at a operating cost of 75 cents per hour. [1][2]

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In short

  • Dream Labs raised 90 million dollars in seed funding led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures.
  • The company was founded by former Nvidia researchers to build robotics foundation models.
  • Dream Labs released an application programming interface for its robot control model.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Robot Brains For 75 Cents/Hour? Former Nvidia Researchers Raise $90 MillionForbes, 5h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Dream Labs Raises $90 Million Seed To Build Foundation Models For Everyday RobotsPulse 2.0, 6h ago
  3. [3]Ex-Nvidia Researchers’ Dream Labs Raises $90M for Robot AIFourWeekMBA, 4h ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 3 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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