Dream Labs Secures $90 Million Seed Round to Scale Universal Robot Foundation Models

Dream Labs has raised $90 million in seed funding to build universal AI models capable of controlling hardware from different manufacturers, with B Capital and Kindred Ventures co-leading the financing round.

Additional participation came from A.Capital, Unusual Ventures, SV Angel, Wing VC, and Scribble VC. Founded in 2026 by former NVIDIA robotics researchers who worked on the GR00T program, the enterprise will direct capital toward computing infrastructure to scale its hardware support.

The core model, Dream-1, learns from video demonstrations of everyday tasks to predict physical dynamics and generate direct motor actions. Designed for cross-platform utility, the architecture operates diverse robotic systems without machine-specific retraining.

Joel Jang, Co-founder and CEO of Dream Labs, stated:

"The hardware is ready. What's been missing is a brain any robot can use. When you get into a rental car, you don't relearn how to drive. You find the controls and your past driving experience does the rest. Dream-1 approaches a new robot the same way, so a new robot can do useful work in minutes, not months."

Currently, Dream-1 controls parallel-gripper systems for tabletop tasks like object manipulation and laundry folding. Future platform iterations will extend support to wheeled mobile units and dexterous multi-fingered robotic hands.

In parallel with the funding, the company launched Dream API, enabling developers to translate live camera feeds and natural language instructions into precise low-level motor commands. A cloud fine-tuning service and browser-based Robot Playground were also released.

Ryan Chan, Co-founder and CEO of MakerMods, stated:

"Our customers buy our robots to build things, and the hardest part has always been getting them to do actual work. With Dream-1, our robot was up and running in a few minutes and attempting tasks we never programmed."

Dream Labs collaborates with more than 20 hardware partners producing robotic systems priced between $2,000 and $10,000, customizing Dream-1 capabilities to match diverse mechanical configurations.