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Odyssey

Odyssey builds general world models that simulate physical environments for robotics, gaming, and defense.

odyssey.ml · Palo Alto

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StageSeries BJune 2026 · led by Natural Capital[1][2][8]
Raised$337Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][4]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2023[1][9]
Money

Raised $337M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][4]

Series B closed June 2026, led by Natural Capital.[1][2][8]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Natural Capital, Amazon, GV, AMD Ventures, EQT, In-Q-Tel, DCVC, Air Street Capital, NVentures, Samsung Next.[1][2][7]

People

Oliver Cameron, Co-Founder & CEO[1][10][11]

Jeff Hawke, Co-Founder & CTO[1][10][11]

Headcount: sources disagree
55as of Jun 2026

Odyssey AI raises $310M, bets on Amazon over Nvidia · Jun 2026[3]

Odyssey Raises $310M as Amazon Bets on World Models · Jun 2026[7]

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Jun 18 2026newsAmazon (AMZN) Partners With Odyssey ML To Push Trainium Into ...[16]
Jun 17 2026fundingOdyssey raises $310M Series B at $1.45B valuation led by Natural Capital with Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, EQT, In-Q-Tel[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Jun 17 2026launchAWS becomes Odyssey's preferred cloud provider; Odyssey to optimize models on Trainium chips[1][3][8]
May 18 2026launchOdyssey releases Agora-1 multi-agent world model with playable GoldenEye demo[9][11]
May 18 2026launchOdyssey releases Starchild-1, first real-time multimodal world model with synchronized audio and video[9][11]
May 12 2026launchOdyssey releases PROWL, RL-driven adversarial framework for world model improvement[9][11]
Comps

Runway · runwayml.com · Same buyer (game developers, filmmakers) and same workflow (generating interactive video from prompts), but Runway focuses more on video generation while Odyssey emphasizes physics-accurate simulation.[3][5]

World Labs · worldlabs.ai · Directly adjacent category: both build world models for spatial understanding and simulation, competing for the same research talent and buyer budgets.[3]

Decart · decart.ai · Same category (world models for gaming and simulation), same capital intensity, competing for the same infrastructure partnerships and talent.[2][5]

Google DeepMind Genie · deepmind.google · Incumbent competitor with internal resources; Genie is already deployed at Waymo, giving Google a distribution advantage.[3][5]

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CALL NO.CS·ODYSSEY·26

Odyssey builds general world models that simulate physical environments for robotics, gaming, and defense.

odyssey.ml · Palo Alto

StageSeries B
Raised$337M
Headcount55
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2023
CompsRunway +3

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