Sebastian Thrun co-founds Dulo to build foundation models for hardware design, $130M seed
ArnoCandel · x · 2026-10-30
adrianaoun announced co-founding Dulo with Sebastian Thrun earlier this year, on a mission to build "Engineering Superintelligence" — foundation models for hardware design.
- $130M seed round, scooped by The Information
- Star-studded investor list: Marc Benioff, John Doerr, Eric Schmidt, Yuri Milner, Ram Shriram, Rachel Holt (Construct Capital), Chris Sacca, Lowercarbon, Katie Haun (Haun Ventures), BoxGroup, SV Angel, Kevin Weil (Scribble VC) and more
- A rare bet on AI foundation models for the hardware design domain
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