The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Dream Labs: $90.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
San Francisco robot foundation model company founded in 2026 by former leads of NVIDIA's GR00T robotics research. It makes Dream-1, a world action model trained on human video, and sells access through the Dream API.
Reality check
Dream-1 (company-claimed, Oct 2026)
World action model trained on human video that controls unseen two-arm robots with parallel grippers zero-shot. Handles tabletop tasks such as pick-and-place and laundry folding.
Zero-shot success rates (company-claimed, Oct 2026)
About 80% on pick-and-place and 50% to 60% on other tasks for robots the model was not trained on, per Forbes. Fine-tuning as a service returns tailored models within hours.
Hardware partners (company-claimed, Oct 2026)
More than 20 hardware partners; supported robots cost about $2,000 to $10,000. Wheeled mobile robots and dexterous hands are planned next.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Dream API pricing (reported, Oct 2026)
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
3
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Partnerships
Every company Dream Labs has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1MakerMods1× joint
Most recent
- Dream Labs x MakerMods (Dream-1)2026-10-19with MakerModsoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Joel Jang Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Joel Jangcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Dream Labs.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Dream Labs in third-party press
Startup Funding News Today, October 20, 2026: Neolix, Dream Labs, Prism Data, Tolan, ZAP Surgical & More
Ex-NVIDIA researchers’ Dream Labs raises $90M to give low-cost robots a shared AI brain
Dream Labs raises $90M to help build more intelligent robots with simple video feeds
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Dream Labs.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $90.0M
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Dream Labs has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Dream Labs x MakerMods (Dream-1)2026-10-19with MakerModsoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1MakerMods1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- Dream Labs x MakerMods (Dream-1)withMakerModstechnology2026-10-19announcedoperating
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2026-10-19
$90M
Investors: B Capital (lead), Kindred Ventures (lead), A.Capital (follow), Unusual Ventures (follow), SV Angel (follow), Wing VC (follow), Scribble VC (follow)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdOct 19, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
- https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-19-dream-labs-raises-90m-seed-to-build-the-brain-for-everyday-robots · 2026-10-19
- https://dreamlabs.ai/research/dream-1/ · 2026-10-19
- https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/robot-brains-75-cents-hour-191705600.html · 2026-10-19
- https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/10/19/pro-rata-premium-trivium-dream-labs-parkview-health · 2026-10-19
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Methodology: Unreviewed · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-19
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-19
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Dream Labs.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Dream Labs from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Startup Funding News Today, October 20, 2026: Neolix, Dream Labs, Prism Data, Tolan, ZAP Surgical & More
More than $2.2 billion in startup financing was announced globally over the past 24 hours, with investors placing their largest bets on AI semiconductors, autonomous delivery…
Ex-NVIDIA researchers’ Dream Labs raises $90M to give low-cost robots a shared AI brain
Low-cost robots now sell for a few thousand dollars, yet teaching one a single task can still take…
Dream Labs raises $90M to help build more intelligent robots with simple video feeds
Dream Labs, a startup trying to make robots more intelligent and capable of performing many different tasks, has raised $90 million in seed funding to coincide with the launch of…
Dream Labs Raises $90M in Seed Funding to Build Foundation Models for Any Robot
Insider Brief Dream Labs has raised $90 million in seed funding to build AI models that can control robots from different manufacturers. B Capital and Kindred Ventures led the…
Dream Labs Raises $90 Million Seed To Build Foundation Models For Everyday Robots
Dream Labs has raised $90 million in seed funding to develop general-purpose AI models designed to control a wide range of robots, while launching what the company describes as…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dream-labs.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dream-labs/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/80d55c13-37a9-428a-a306-3f2f6599da0f
- Revision history: /companies/dream-labs/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Dream Labs against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Oct 21, 2026