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According to a post on X by @encord_team, Sebastian Thrun announced a $130M seed round for Dulo, his new startup building foundation models for hardware design. The post shares a clip from Encord's Long Horizon event in which Thrun says CAD is "the tool I hate the most by a large margin." The source does not give further details on Dulo's product, investors or timeline.
According to a post on X by @encord_team, Sebastian Thrun announced a $130M seed round for Dulo, his new startup building foundation models for hardware design. The post shares a clip from Encord's Long Horizon event in which Thrun says CAD is "the tool I hate the most by a large margin." The source does not give further details on Dulo's product, investors or timeline.
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Per Encord, Sebastian Thrun announced a $130M seed round today for Dulo, his new startup building foundation models for hardware design. Encord's clip from its Long Horizon event has Thrun saying CAD is "the tool I hate the most by a large margin." Original post on X
Builders and investors tracking AI for engineering may see this as a sign that a well-funded startup is aiming foundation models at hardware design workflows. Those watching the space should look for product details from Dulo itself. Because this comes from a secondhand post, the round size and scope should be checked against Dulo's own statements.
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