Dream Labs announced a $90 million seed round led by B Capital on October 19, 2026, and launched Dream API, a robot-control service built around its Dream-1 model. The company describes the API as turning a robot’s camera feed and a plain-English instruction into robot actions.
How Dream-1 is designed to work
Dream Labs says Dream-1 learns from videos of people doing everyday tasks, predicts what happens next, then uses that prediction to determine a robot action. The company describes Dream API as the interface between that model and a robot: camera input and an instruction go in; motor commands or actions come out.
The stated starting point: tabletop tasks
Dream Labs says Dream-1 can control a two-armed robot with parallel grippers without additional data. The company names tabletop tasks such as picking up and placing objects, along with folding laundry. It also says support for wheeled mobile robots and dexterous hands is planned.
Forbes reported that Dream Labs put success at about 80% for pick-and-place without additional data and 50% to 60% for other tasks.
A browser trial without buying a robot
Dream Labs says its Robot Playground lets visitors prompt a robot in the company’s San Francisco office through a browser. The company’s announcement says visitors do not need to buy a robot to try it.
What the seed funding will support
Dream Labs said it intends to direct most of the funding toward computing capacity and expanding the hardware and tasks its system supports. The company named B Capital as the lead investor and also listed Kindred Ventures, A.Capital, Unusual Ventures, SV Angel, Wing VC, Scribble VC and Adrian Aoun as participants.
