Dulo, a new artificial intelligence startup founded by Sebastian Thrun, has secured $130 million in seed funding from investors including Eric Schmidt, John Doerr and DST Global, according to a report from The Information.
Seed round · Dulo
Sebastian Thrun's new AI startup Dulo raises $130M in seed funding
Backers named in the reporting include Eric Schmidt, John Doerr and DST Global. The company has not yet disclosed what it is building.
$130M
Seed funding reported, one of the larger seed rounds for an AI company
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Named investors: Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, DST Global
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Items not reported: product, roadmap, team size, valuation
Seed round, drawn to scale
Each block = $10M · 13 blocks = $130M
$130M
The figure is the only financial number reported. No valuation or revenue was disclosed, so the block chart shows scale only and makes no comparison to other companies.
Reported
$130M seed round
Founder: Sebastian Thrun
Investors: Eric Schmidt, John Doerr, DST Global
Not yet disclosed
What Dulo is building
Product roadmap and use cases
Team size and valuation
Official company statement
Typical seed-stage path
Seed funding
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Product development and hiring
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Commercial track record (not yet known)
The takeaway
The size of the round signals confidence in the founder and the thesis, not in existing revenue.
Investor appetite for AI startups led by experienced researchers remains strong. Dulo's strategy, technology and commercial plans are still unclear and will shape how the market judges its prospects.
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