Dulo raises $130 million seed round for hardware design AI

Oct 29, 2026
Sebastian Thrun's startup Dulo has raised $130 million to build foundation models for hardware design. Investors include Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, DST Global, Construct Capital, and Lowercarbon Capital.

Dulo, an AI engineering startup founded this year by Sebastian Thrun and Adrian Aoun, raised a $130 million seed round, The Information reported, according to a Dealroom summary. The San Francisco company is developing foundation models for hardware design.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Kleiner Perkins chairman John Doerr participated in the round. DST Global, Construct Capital and Lowercarbon Capital also invested.

By Dealroom's data, the round ranks above the 99th percentile of all US robotics seed rounds by amount. Other startups building AI for hardware engineering have also raised large rounds: Vinci raised $250 million in October, and circuit-design company Circuit Mind announced $25 million.

Thrun previously led several AI projects at Google. Dulo has not disclosed specific products, customers or release plans.

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