Dream Labs Raises $90M Seed to Launch $3/Hour Universal API for Bimanual Robots

Dream Labs secured $90M in seed funding, co-led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures, to launch its public API for a universal robot foundation model named Dream-1. The model treats robotic movement as a video prediction problem, translating human egocentric video feeds and natural language prompts into physical actions for any two-armed robot equipped with parallel grippers. Developers can access the Dream-1 API starting at $0.75 per hour for a lightweight version, or $3 per hour for the most powerful model, bypassing months of highly specialized, machine-specific programming. The startup is currently working with over 20 robotic hardware companies building machines in the $2,000 to $10,000 price range to optimize the model for specific endpoints. "When you get into a rental car, you don’t relearn how to drive. You find the controls and your past driving experience does the rest. Dream-1 approaches a new robot the same way, so it can do useful work in minutes, not months." — Joel Jang