# Sebastian Thrun's Dulo raises $130M for hardware AI engineering

> Original title: Google X co-founder Sebastian Thrun raises $130M for AI engineering startup Dulo

- Source: SiliconANGLE · AI
- Published: 2026-10-30T23:59:47.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/keg8b9dbjtl6xu33eqobeapu2
- Original: https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/30/google-x-co-founder-sebastian-thrun-raises-130m-for-ai-engineering-startup-dulo/

## Summary

Dulo, a startup co-founded by Sebastian Thrun, has raised $130 million, according to The Information, and co-founder Adrian Aoun confirmed the report on X. The round included Eric Schmidt, Ram Shriram, Marc Benioff and John Doerr, and Dulo did not disclose its valuation. The company's website says it develops foundation models for hardware design tasks, though the source says it is unclear which tasks those models will automate.

## Why it matters

The report gives the funding amount, investors, and founders' prior record, but the product's hardware design tasks remain unclear.