Dreamscale Labs lists 1 more person on its directory entry and Dreamscale Labs was listed 5 days earlier.
| Rank | Company | Score | Team size | Listed | Founders named | Tech signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dreamscale Labsleads | 95 | 4 people · 86th pctadds 40 | 2026-09-05 · 7d agoadds 28 | 4adds 27 | 2not scored |
| 2 | Shepherd Robotics | 56 | 3 people · 65th pctadds 29 | 2026-09-10 · 2d agoadds 27 | 0adds 0 | not stated |
A score out of 100 comparing what each company's record shows for team size within its batch, listing recency and founders named.
- Team size within its batchup to 46
- Listing recencyup to 27
- Founders namedup to 27
- Tech-stack signalsshown, not scored
- 75 and up
- 55 to 74
- 35 to 54
- under 35
| Measure | Dreamscale Labs | Shepherd Robotics |
|---|---|---|
| Batch | Fall 2026 | Fall 2026 |
| Team size | 4 | 3 |
| Stage | Early | Early |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Industry | Industrials | Industrials |
| Sectors | Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Infrastructure | Hardware, Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, AI |
| Based | San Francisco | San Francisco |
| Year founded | 2026 | 2026 |
| Open roles | 0 | 0 |
| Founders | 4 | not stated |
| Group partner | David Lieb | Charlie Warren |
| Public repositories | 4 | not stated |
| Stars across them | 4 | not stated |
| Most used language | Python | not stated |
| Last push | 2026-09-04 | not stated |
Dreamscale Labs
Against the 44 companies on file from Fall 2026. Median team 2, largest 6.
Shepherd Robotics
Against the 44 companies on file from Fall 2026. Median team 2, largest 6.
Dreamscale Labs
Most-starred repository: inspect-robots-dropbear — 1 star, Python.
Counted 2026-09-06 across repositories the account owns; forks are excluded.
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Dreamscale Labs
DSL is an applied research company working towards a future of truly general robots.
The title and description the site itself served, answering 200. Not a cached copy and not the company's directory entry — what was live when we asked.
Shepherd Robotics
Shepherd Robotics is building general-purpose industrial robots that understand an unstructured environment and work safely alongside the people in it.
The title and description the site itself served, answering 200. Not a cached copy and not the company's directory entry — what was live when we asked.
The full profile
Source Check, INVEST, RECRUIT and Press Requests on Dreamscale Labs
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- INVEST — take this comparison past the two, across the whole group.
- RECRUIT — see who is already on both teams.
- Press Requests — connect with Eric Ren for a story.
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