# Dream Labs: AI company

Canonical ID: `80d55c13-37a9-428a-a306-3f2f6599da0f`

## Key facts

- **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.
- **Dream API pricing (reported, Oct 2026):** Public API from $3 per hour, or 75 cents per hour for a smaller model, per Forbes.
- **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.

- **Slug:** dream-labs
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2026
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California
- **Funding total (USD):** 90000000

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Joel Jang](/people/joel-jang.md) Co-founder and CEO (secondary-verified)

## Founders (1)

- [Joel Jang](/people/joel-jang.md) (cofounder)

## Partnerships (1)

- [Dream Labs x MakerMods (Dream-1)](/partnerships/dream-labs-x-makermods-dream-1.md) with MakerMods _technology_ (announced)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Dream Labs?

[San Francisco](/locations/san-francisco-ca.md) robot foundation model company founded in 2026 by former leads of [NVIDIA](/companies/nvidia.md)'s [GR00T](/brains/gr00t-n1.md) robotics research. It makes Dream-1, a world action model trained on human video, and sells access through the Dream API.

### What does Dream Labs make?

Dream Labs has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Dream Labs builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

### Is Dream Labs publicly traded?

No. Dream Labs is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

### How can I invest in Dream Labs?

Dream Labs is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today. It has raised $90M in disclosed funding.

### Where is Dream Labs headquartered?

Dream Labs is headquartered in [San Francisco](/locations/san-francisco-ca.md), [California](/locations/california.md).

### How much funding has Dream Labs raised?

Dream Labs has raised approximately $90M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.

### Who owns Dream Labs?

Dream Labs is privately held and venture-backed ($90M raised); ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

### Is Dream Labs a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Dream Labs ranks in roughly the top 3% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (4)

1. https://www.financialcontent.com/article/bizwire-2026-10-19-dream-labs-raises-90m-seed-to-build-the-brain-for-everyday-robots · 2026-10-19
2. https://dreamlabs.ai/research/dream-1/ · 2026-10-19
3. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/robot-brains-75-cents-hour-191705600.html · 2026-10-19
4. https://www.axios.com/pro/all-deals/2026/10/19/pro-rata-premium-trivium-dream-labs-parkview-health · 2026-10-19

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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