Robotics & physical AI · Redwood City, US · founded 2024
Dyna Robotics: who founded it, who funds it
Dyna Robotics is a Redwood City robotics lab founded in 2024 by Lindon Gao, Jason Ma and York Yang. What it is building: a robotics foundation model for general-purpose manipulation, deployed with commercial customers. It has raised $144M in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series A of $120M at a $600M valuation in September 2025, led by CRV and First Round Capital. Its work reaches customers through partnerships rather than a public product.
- Founders
- Lindon Gao, Jason Ma, York Yang
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- Location
- Redwood City, US (North America)
- Valuation
- $600M set by the last priced round
- Raised
- $144M disclosed
- Investors
- CRV lead, First Round Capital lead, Nvidia, Amazon, LG Technology Ventures
- What ships
- Partnerships
Rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Source |
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| Sep 15, 2025 | Series A | $120M | $600M | CRV, First Round Capital | therobotreport.com |
| Mar 1, 2025 | SeedSacra: $143.5M across two rounds | $24M | · | CRV, First Round Capital | sacra.com |
Sources
- Bloomberg bloomberg.com
News
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Oct 4, 2026
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Sep 30, 2026
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Sep 16, 2025
Investors who back other labs here
- Nvidia also: Safe Superintelligence, Reflection AI, Skild AI, Poolside
- CRV also: Reflection AI, Skild AI
- Amazon also: Odyssey, EvolutionaryScale
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