Dulo raises $130M in seed funding for hardware design AI, backed by Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, and top VCs.
Amount Raised
$130 Million
Round Type
Seed
San FranciscoArtificial IntelligenceInvestors
Description
Dulo, a San Francisco-based startup founded in 2026 by Adrian Aoun and Sebastian Thrun, announced on October 29 that it has raised $130 million in seed funding to develop artificial intelligence models for hardware design. The round included prominent individual investors such as Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Marc Benioff, Yuri Milner, and Ram Shriram, along with leading venture firms including Construct Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel, Haun Ventures, and Scribble Ventures. Aoun stated the company's goal is to build foundation models for hardware design. Dulo has not yet specified which types of hardware its models will target or provided a timeline for product availability.
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