Dream Labs

Emerging neolab

Robot foundation model (Dream-1) available through a public API

Record checked 15 Nov 2026dreamlabs.aiReport an error

Raised, confirmed$90M1 confirmed round

Valuation, confirmed—none disclosed

Valuation, reported—no open report

Founded2026San Francisco, CA, US

Key facts

Field	Value	Source · checked
Classification	Emerging neolabRobot foundation-model company founded by former NVIDIA robotics researchers; $90M seed led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures (Oct 2026).	Tier definitions
Field	Robotics and physical AI
Founded	Apr 2026	mt.co.krCEO Jang Yo-el, a Korean in his 20s who co-founded Dream Labs last Aprilchecked 15 Nov 2026
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA, US	dreamlabs.aiSix months later we are a small team in San Francisco releasing Dream-1checked 10 Nov 2026
Founders	Joel Jang	Sources per person below
Website	dreamlabs.ai	dreamlabs.aiDream-1 is a robot brain built to work across different robots, tasks, and environments.checked 10 Nov 2026
Careers	dreamlabs.ai	dreamlabs.aichecked 15 Nov 2026
Profiles and work	X @dreamlabs_ai LinkedIn Research	How links are checkedchecked 15 Nov 2026

Dream Labs has raised $90M in rounds confirmed by the company, a regulator or two independent outlets. Status rules: methodology.

Date	Round	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Status	Source · checked
19 Oct 2026	Seed	$90M	—	Lead: B Capital, Kindred Ventures; A.Capital, Unusual Ventures, SV Angel, Wing VC, Scribble VC, Adrian Aoun	Confirmed	SiliconANGLEToday’s round was jointly led by B Capital and Kindred Ventures and saw the participation of others including A.Capital, Unusual Ventures, Wing VC, SV Angel, Scribble VC and angel investor Adrian Aoun.+1 more sourcechecked 10 Nov 2026

Notes on these rounds

19 Oct 2026 Seed: Valuation not disclosed. Announced together with the public Dream API launch.

Name	Role	Before	Now	Source · checked
Joel JangLinkedIn Scholar Site	Co-founder & CEO	NVIDIA (Robotics researcher)	Current	citybiz.cosaid Joel Jang, co-founder and CEO of Dream Labs.checked 10 Nov 2026

Professional facts from public sources only. How people records are handled.

Name	Kind	Date	Open weights	Source · checked
Dream-1	model	19 Oct 2026	No	siliconangle.comDream-1, which is designed to be a “universal brain” for robotschecked 10 Nov 2026
DreamZero	paper	Feb 2026	—	dreamlabs.aiIn February 2026, our team released DreamZero, the paper that introduced World Action Models.checked 10 Nov 2026

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