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Former Nvidia lab leader Sanja Fidler launches Veeda AI to tackle world models

AnnouncementModelAug 19, 2026

Sanja Fidler, former head of Nvidia's Toronto AI lab, has launched Veeda AI, a startup focused on world models for physical AI. The company, incorporated in June as Veeda Innovation, is backed by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures and has raised $90 million USD. Fidler is joined by former Nvidia colleagues Zan Gojcic as CTO and Huan Ling as chief scientist. Veeda AI aims to build "simulated reality for Physical AI" as infrastructure for robotics.

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