VLC's Kempf Unveils Kyber for Real-Time Robot Control, Raises $5M

Jean-Baptiste Kempf, best known as a lead developer of VLC Media Player, is heading Kyber, an infrastructure layer for real-time remote control of robots, drones and vehicles that touts an average latency of 8ms, according to a report published on June 19, 2026.](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/19/he-made-your-free-video-player-run-smoothly-now-hes-doing-that-for-robots/) The Paris-based startup of the same name has raised a $5M Seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.