Xdof hits $1.2b valuation with robot data deals

xdof, a startup collecting real-world teleoperation data for training general-purpose robots, is in late-stage talks for a series b at a $1.2 billion valuation. co-founded by uc berkeley researchers philipp wu and fred shentu, xdof has seen rapid growth with annualized revenue approaching $50 million. the startup aims to build data pipelines, collection tools, and annotation systems for robotics companies. xdof is partnering with uc berkeley's ai research lab to release a large collection of high-quality robot training data.