Kyber Secures $5M to Revolutionize Real-Time Remote Control for Robots and Drones
June 20, 2026
Current focus areas include robotics, drones, and remote IT access, with active deployments across defense, telecommunications, robotics, and AI sectors.
Kyber plans to offer an open-source core alongside a commercial enterprise version to attract individual developers and large enterprises.
Kyber is building a Paris-based infrastructure layer with an SDK for real-time, low-latency remote device control that synchronizes video, audio, sensor data, and control inputs to minimize delay.
The core kit targets synchronized inputs and outputs to enable remote operation with minimal latency, advancing a unified approach to real-time control.
Investors expect milestones such as onboarding large enterprise clients and validating real-world, large-scale deployments across diverse network conditions.
The platform is designed to manage millions of devices simultaneously, addressing use cases in autonomous vehicles, delivery drones, and large-scale robotics.
Kyber’s business model centers on an open-source core paired with a productized enterprise layer and hands-on deployment through forward-deployed engineers.
Investors see Kyber as a standardizing solution that could scale to millions of devices and compete in remote IT access against incumbents, moving away from bespoke, expensive setups.
The company operates from Paris with offices in San Francisco and Singapore, supporting a global client base with a scalable, multinational go-to-market strategy.
Strong infrastructure is positioned as essential for AI-enabled robotics, positioning Kyber as critical infrastructure for future AI applications.
Kyber raised $5 million in funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to build real-time control infrastructure for robots and drones, backed by notable AI investors.
The platform supports remote control, rapid software updates without physical access, and high observability to ensure systems function, a capability increasingly crucial as AI agents manage fleets.
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