XDOF
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XDOF emerged from stealth in June 2026 with $70 million in funding to build infrastructure for robot foundation models, including datasets, robotic systems, and software tools designed to support physical AI development 12. The company works with robotics labs and commercial developers on hardware, operations, and model training, focusing on the underlying infrastructure needed to build more capable general-purpose robots 1. XDOF has approximately 60 employees and 20 active customers, including several frontier AI labs 1.
The company was co-founded by Philipp Wu (CEO), Fred Shentu (CTO), and Nemo Jin (COO), with roots in the GELLO teleoperation project at UC Berkeley 1. At launch, XDOF released ABC-130K, which it describes as the largest open-source bimanual robot manipulation dataset, containing more than 130,000 demonstrations across 195 tasks, developed in collaboration with researchers from UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and Amazon 12.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-17 | Venture | $70M | Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, WndrCo 12 |
A specific lead investor was not disclosed in announcement coverage; reporting describes the round as backed jointly by the listed firms 12.
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“Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding,” SiliconANGLE, June 17, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/06/17/robotic-teleoperation-data-startup-xdof-launches-70m-funding/↩↩↩↩↩↩↩
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“Robotics Infrastructure Startup XDOF Emerges from Stealth with $70M in Funding,” The AI Insider, June 18, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/06/18/robotics-infrastructure-startup-xdof-emerges-from-stealth-with-70m-in-funding/↩↩↩↩