# Dulo: robot AI company

Canonical ID: `165f9ccd-74af-4df5-a50d-606ba10344f2`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** [Sebastian Thrun](/people/sebastian-thrun.md)
- **Status:** Stealth mode
- **Focus:** Foundation models for hardware design
- **Team origin:** Waymo, Google Brain, Stanford SAIL

- **Slug:** dulo
- **Status:** stealth
- **Founded:** 2026
- **HQ:** San Francisco, California, USA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (2)

- [Sebastian Thrun](/people/sebastian-thrun.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)
- [Sebastian Thrun](/people/sebastian-thrun.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## 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 Dulo?

Stealth robotics startup founded by [Sebastian Thrun](/people/sebastian-thrun), developing foundation models for hardware design with the goal of enabling manufacturing at lightspeed. The company's team includes veterans from [Waymo](/companies/waymo), Google Brain, and Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). Dulo was publicly revealed at the Actuate robotics conference in San Francisco in August 2026.

### What does Dulo make?

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

### Where is Dulo headquartered?

Dulo is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA.

### When was Dulo founded?

Dulo was founded in 2026.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.businessinsider.com/waymo-pioneer-sebastian-thrun-building-new-robotics-startup-dulo-2026-8

## 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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