# Former Nvidia GR00T Researchers Launch Dream Labs With $90 Million and a Public Robot-Control API Priced From $0.75 an Hour

The startup says its Dream-1 "world action model" learns how the world moves from video and controls bimanual robots it has never seen on new tasks without task-specific training, a claim no public benchmark has yet tested.

- Published: 2026-10-22T06:23:26.061Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-10-22/former-nvidia-gr00t-researchers-launch-dream-labs-with-90-mi
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- Section: tech
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [NVIDIA Blog](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/cosmos-open-train-evaluate-deploy-world-models/), [SiliconANGLE](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/19/dream-labs-raises-90m-to-help-build-more-intelligent-robots-with-simple-video-feeds/)

Four researchers from Nvidia's GR00T robotics project have publicly launched Dream Labs, a company that had operated without public disclosure until now, and opened a public API for its model, Dream-1, AI ML Big Data reports. The founders a…

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