Sebastian Thrun raises $130 million for AI engineering startup Dulo

AI engineering startup Dulo Inc., co-founded by Google X pioneer Sebastian Thrun and entrepreneur Adrian Aoun, has raised $130 million in funding from high-profile tech leaders including Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, and John Doerr. Dulo is developing foundation models to automate hardware design and accelerate robotics manufacturing, positioning itself against major competitors like Jeff Bezos-backed Prometheus Inc.

Dulo funding round details

• ▪Dulo Inc. co-founder Adrian Aoun confirmed The Information's report of the $130 million funding raised by Dulo in a post on X
• ▪Investors participating in Dulo Inc.'s $130 million funding round included Eric Schmidt, Ram Shriram, Marc Benioff, John Doerr, and over half a dozen startup funds
• ▪Artificial intelligence engineering startup Dulo Inc. raised $130 million in funding on 29 October 2026

Dulo technology and mission

• ▪Dulo Inc. aims to facilitate manufacturing at lightspeed through its hardware AI technology
• ▪Dulo Inc. is developing foundation models optimized for hardware design tasks and robotics

Sebastian Thrun background

• ▪Sebastian Thrun co-founded Google's X research lab, led the program that became Waymo, and helped establish Google Brain
• ▪Sebastian Thrun joined Google in 2007 after leading the development of Stanley, an early self-driving vehicle

Adrian Aoun background

• ▪Before co-founding Dulo Inc., Adrian Aoun sold natural language processing startup Wavii Inc. to Google LLC for over $30 million
• ▪Ram Shriram has previously invested in tech companies including Pinterest Inc.

Prometheus funding and technology

• ▪Prometheus Inc., an engineering AI startup co-led by Jeff Bezos, raised $12 billion in funding in 2026
• ▪Prometheus Inc. uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of complex hardware systems such as robots