{"slug": "dream-labs-raises-90m-to-sell-robot-control-through-a-3-an-hour-api", "title": "Dream Labs raises $90M to sell robot control through a $3-an-hour API", "summary": "Dream Labs emerged from stealth on October 19th with a $90 million seed round and Dream-1, a robot-control model offered through a public API at $3 per hour. The startup, co-founded by former NVIDIA researchers Joel Jang and You Liang Tan, says Dream-1 can control unfamiliar bimanual robots without robot-specific training, letting hardware makers buy a general-purpose control layer instead of building a separate policy for each machine. The model's hardware requirements and beta status limit where it can be used.", "body_md": "# Dream Labs raises $90M to sell robot control through a $3-an-hour API\n\n**The startup founded by former NVIDIA researchers Joel Jang and You Liang Tan says Dream-1 can control unfamiliar bimanual robots without robot-specific training.**\n\n        By [Ryan Merket](https://runtimewire.com/author/ryan-merket)\n        · Published \n\nPrimary source: [X](https://x.com/dreamlabs_ai/status/2112230668805828801)\n\n## Why it matters\n\nDream Labs is turning robot-control research into a metered API and asking hardware makers to outsource part of the intelligence stack. Its $90 million seed round funds that infrastructure bet, while the model's hardware requirements and beta status limit where it can be used.\n\n[Dream Labs](https://dreamlabs.ai/) emerged from stealth on October 19th with a $90 million seed round and Dream-1, a robot-control model offered through a public API for $3 per hour. Co-founders [Joel Jang](https://joeljang.github.io/) and [You Liang Tan](https://youliangtan.github.io/) are betting that robot makers can buy a general-purpose control layer instead of building a separate policy for each machine.\n\nWhen you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dream-labs-raises-90m-to-sell-robot-control-through-a-3-an-hour-api", "canonical_source": "https://runtimewire.com/article/dream-labs-90m-seed-dream-1-robot-api", "published_at": "2026-10-19 17:45:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-19 21:14:49.801771+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "ai-startups", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Dream Labs", "Dream-1", "Joel Jang", "You Liang Tan", "NVIDIA"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dream-labs-raises-90m-to-sell-robot-control-through-a-3-an-hour-api", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dream-labs-raises-90m-to-sell-robot-control-through-a-3-an-hour-api.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dream-labs-raises-90m-to-sell-robot-control-through-a-3-an-hour-api.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dream-labs-raises-90m-to-sell-robot-control-through-a-3-an-hour-api.jsonld"}}