Dulo, the hardware-design AI startup founded by Sebastian Thrun and Adrian Aoun, raises a $130M seed round

Fri, Oct 30 00:00 UTC+8Updated Sat, Oct 31 07:59 UTC+8

Dulo, founded by Google X founder Sebastian Thrun and Adrian Aoun, has raised a $130 million seed round, first reported by The Information and confirmed by Aoun on LinkedIn. Backers include Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Marc Benioff, Yuri Milner, Construct Capital and Lowercarbon Capital.

Why it matters

It is an unusually large seed round in AI-for-engineering, a field that also includes the Bezos-backed Prometheus.

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The InformationMediaFri, Oct 30 00:00 UTC+8Sebastian Thrun Raises $130 Million for AI Engineering Startup DuloView original · Fri, Oct 30 00:00 UTC+8
LinkedIn · Adrian Aoun (Dulo co-founder)MediaFri, Oct 30 01:21 UTC+8Adrian Aoun: Sebastian Thrun and I co-founded Dulo; $130m seed roundView original · Fri, Oct 30 01:21 UTC+8
SiliconANGLEMediaSat, Oct 31 07:59 UTC+8Google X co-founder Sebastian Thrun raises $130M for AI engineering startup DuloView original · Sat, Oct 31 07:59 UTC+8

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