Dulo, an AI startup co-founded by Google X co-founder Sebastian Thrun and Adrian Aoun, has raised $130 million. Investors include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and venture capitalist John Doerr; Dulo did not disclose its valuation.
The company says it is developing AI models for hardware design, and Thrun has identified robotics as a focus. Dulo has not specified what tasks its models will automate.
Why it matters
For engineering teams designing hardware, Dulo’s stated focus points to potential AI tools for that work, but the company has not said which tasks its models can perform.