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Dyna Robotics
PrivateSan Francisco based startup founded by repeat founders who sold Caper AI for $350M, and former DeepMind scientist Jason Ma. Eschews humanoid form in favor of affordable stationary dual arm robots using embodied AI foundation models. Raised $120M Series A backed by NVentures, Amazon, and Salesforce.
Founded 2024$144M raised
Robot Brains
Executive Summary
Dyna Robotics builds production-ready AI-powered robots for brick-and-mortar businesses, focusing on affordable stationary robotic arms. Founded in 2024 by Caper AI alumni Lindon Gao and York Yang and former DeepMind scientist Jason Ma, the company's DYNA-1 foundation model achieves over 99% success rates in 24-hour continuous operation.
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All UpdatesSeptember 15, 2025Funding RoundInvestment
Series A$120 million
Dyna Robotics team
About Dyna Robotics
Dyna Robotics builds production-ready AI-powered robots for brick-and-mortar businesses, focusing on affordable stationary robotic arms. Founded in 2024 by Caper AI alumni Lindon Gao and York Yang and former DeepMind scientist Jason Ma, the company's DYNA-1 foundation model achieves over 99% success rates in 24-hour continuous operation.
- 2024
Dyna Robotics is founded in Redwood City
Dyna Robotics was established in 2024 in Redwood City by Lindon Gao and York Yang (Caper AI co-founders, $350M acquisition in 2021) and Jason Ma from Google DeepMind.
Caper AI alumniDeepMind - 2025
DYNA-1 reaches production reliability in real sites
DYNA-1 pushed reliability past 99% success rate during 24-hour nonstop operation. Within six months, robots were running 16 hours daily across hotels, restaurants, laundromats, and gyms.
DYNA-124-hour operation - March 2025
Dyna emerges from stealth with a seed round
The company emerged from stealth in March 2025 with a $23.5 million seed round co-led by CRV and First Round Capital. Dyna opted for stationary robotic arms over humanoid form factors.
SeedStealth - September 2025
Series A pushes valuation above $600M
In September 2025, a $120 million Series A led by Robostrategy valued Dyna at over $600 million, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, NVentures, Amazon, Samsung Next, and LG Technology Ventures.
Series ANVenturesAmazon