Dyna Robotics, a U.S.-based AI robotics startup, has raised $120 million in Series A funding with backing from South Korea’s leading tech conglomerates Samsung and LG, alongside major American investors such as Nvidia, Amazon, and Salesforce. The round was co-led by RoboStrategy, CRV, and First Round Capital.
Founded in 2023 by former Caper AI founders and AI researchers with ties to China, Dyna Robotics is developing advanced service robots using artificial general intelligence (AGI) technology. The company has already commercialized its first product – the Dyna-1 robotic arm – designed for deployment in hotels, restaurants, and other service environments.
The fresh funding comes just six months after Dyna completed a $23.5 million seed round, highlighting the rapid capital inflow into U.S. AI robotics companies. The Series A round underscores growing global competition to access cutting-edge American AI firms.
Samsung Next and LG Technology Ventures joined the round as part of a broader push by Korean tech companies to secure a foothold in next-generation AI technologies. Their participation follows a series of Korean-led investments in U.S. AI startups across sectors such as semiconductors, mobility, and cloud services.
Dyna ‘s robotics platform focuses on enabling machines to generalize tasks across different environments without additional training data – a key challenge in commercial robotics deployment. If successful, the company could help the U.S. maintain technological leadership in the rapidly growing automation industry.
According to Morgan Stanley, the global robotics market is expected to soar from $4.32 billion in 2030 to $245 billion by 2040. While American firms dominate AI software development, Asian players – particularly in Korea and Japan – lead in hardware manufacturing, setting the stage for mutually beneficial partnerships.
Dyna plans to expand its team and accelerate development of humanoid robots with AGI capabilities using proceeds from this round.
