Add as a preferred source on GoogleDulo Raises $130 Million in Seed Funding for Hardware Design AI
The San Francisco startup was founded earlier this year by Adrian Aoun and Sebastian Thrun. Its backers include Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff and several venture firms.
San Francisco-based Dulo co-founder Adrian Aoun announced Thursday, Oct. 29, that the startup raised $130 million in seed funding to develop artificial intelligence models for hardware design.
Aoun and co-founder Sebastian Thrun founded Dulo earlier in 2026. Aoun described the company’s goal as “building foundation models for hardware design.”
The round included individual investors Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, Marc Benioff, Yuri Milner and Ram Shriram, along with Construct Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel, Haun Ventures and Scribble Ventures. No valuation or lead investor was identified.
Dulo has not specified which types of hardware its models will target or when a product will be available.
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