ChipsThe story, in brief
He made your free video player run smoothly. Now he’s doing that for robots.
The creator of VLC just raised $X to build the infrastructure layer powering real-time robot control.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Infrastructure for real-time remote device control is becoming critical as robotics and autonomous systems scale. Kempf's Kyber could be foundational plumbing for the next wave of embodied AI deployment.
The key facts
4 to knowJean-Baptiste Kempf (VLC founder) launching Kyber infrastructure
Kyber: real-time control layer for remote devices/robots
Open-source veteran entering robotics infrastructure space
Timing: June 2026 — aligned with embodied AI acceleration
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Publisher excerpt: French serial entrepreneur and open-source legend Jean-Baptiste Kempf has been building Kyber, an infrastructure layer to control remote devices in real time.