Dreamlabs raises $90M seed to build Dream-1, a foundation model controlling any robot
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-10-20
Robotics startup dreamlabsai raised a $90M seed round led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures to build a foundation model that controls robots from different manufacturers.
- Dream-1 learns from videos of people performing tasks and controls any gripper-equipped robot zero-shot
- Dream API turns a camera feed plus plain-English instructions into motor commands
- Founded by ex-NVIDIA researchers, already working with 20+ hardware partners
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