VLC creator Jean-Baptiste Kempf has launched Kyber, a $5M Lightspeed-backed startup applying video-streaming expertise to real-time control of robots, drones, and remote devices across defense, telecom, and robotics sectors.

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VLC creator Jean-Baptiste Kempf has launched Kyber, a real-time control platform for robots, drones, and remote devices. The Paris startup raised $5M from Lightspeed, applying video-streaming expertise to minimize control lag at scale.

He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.

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