Dyna Robotics closes $120M funding round to scale robotics foundation model - The Robot Report

Dyna Robotics Inc. has secured $120 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the development of its next-generation robotics foundation model aimed at creating general-purpose robots for commercial environments. Building on its earlier $23.5 million seed round and the launch of its DYNA-1 model, the company emphasizes that its proprietary foundation model enables robots to achieve over a 99% success rate during continuous 24-hour operation. The model’s strength lies in its ability to generalize across diverse environments—such as hotels, restaurants, laundromats, and gyms—allowing robots to function effectively out of the box without additional data, and to improve rapidly through on-the-job learning. Dyna’s approach centers on designing foundation models that combine generalization with high performance, enabling robots to master a wide range of manipulation skills and adapt to complex tasks through continuous learning. The company’s leadership team, including co-founders Lindon Gao and York Yang and former Google DeepMind researcher Jason Ma, brings extensive