Skild AI

Current leadership (3)

• Deepak Pathak Co-founder & CEOsecondary-verified
• Abhinav Gupta Co-foundersecondary-verified
• Abhinav Gupta Co-founder & Presidentsecondary-verified

Founders (2)

• Deepak Pathakcofounderfounded 2023-01-01
• Abhinav Guptacofounderfounded 2023-01-01

Safety record

No incidents on record for Skild AI.

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Brains developed (1)

• Skild Brainfoundation-model · commercial

Financial state

Reporting basis

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Lifecycle stage

growth

Counterparty risk class

moderate

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Partnerships (1)

• Skild AI Series A (2024) with Amazon, Carnegie Mellon University, Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Group, Bezos Expeditionsinvestment

Funding rounds (3)

• Series C2026-01-14

  $1.4B · $14.0B post

  Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead), NVentures (NVIDIA) (strategic), Macquarie Capital, Jeff Bezos / Bezos Expeditions, Samsung Next (strategic), Salesforce Ventures (strategic)

• Series B2025-06-01

  $500M(reported) · $4.5B post

  Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (lead), NVentures (NVIDIA), Samsung Next, LG Technology Ventures

• Series A2024-07-09

  $300M · $1.5B post

  Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (lead), Coatue Management (lead), SoftBank Vision Fund (lead), Jeff Bezos / Bezos Expeditions (lead), Felicis Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CRV, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund

Acquisitions (1)

• acquired Zebra Technologiesasset purchase2026-04-15

Sources (10)

1. TFN — Skild AI raises $1.4B for universal robot brain · https://techfundingnews.com/robotics-unicorn-skild-ai-grabs-1-4b-to-build-a-universal-brain-for-every-robot/ ↗ · 2026-01-15
2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260114335623/en/Skild-AI-Raises-1.4B-Now-Valued-Over-14B ↗
3. https://www.skild.ai/blogs/series-c ↗
4. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-14/robotics-startup-skild-valued-above-14-billion-after-softbank-led-funding-round ↗
5. https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/robotic-software-maker-skild-ai-hits-14b-valuation/ ↗
6. https://www.therobotreport.com/skild-ai-raises-1-4b-building-omni-bodied-robot-skild-brain/ ↗
7. https://www.therobotreport.com/skild-ai-is-giving-robots-a-brain/ ↗
8. https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/softbank-and-nvidia-consider-joining-funding-round-for-robotics-firm-skild-ai/ ↗
9. https://aibusiness.com/robotics/skild-ai-startup-builds-robot-brain ↗
10. https://technical.ly/entrepreneurship/skild-ai-1-4-billion-raise/ ↗

Common questions

What is Skild AI?

American robotics-AI company (Pittsburgh, founded 2023 by former Carnegie Mellon professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta) building the 'Skild Brain', an omni-bodied foundation model designed to control any robot (quadruped, humanoid, arm, mobile manipulator) without per-body retraining, trained on human video and physics simulation. Raised a ~$1.4B round (Jan 2026, led by SoftBank, with NVIDIA's NVentures, Bezos Expeditions, and others) at a ~$14B+ valuation; total funding reported >$2B. Builds the robot brain, not hardware.

Where is Skild AI based?

Skild AI is based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

When was Skild AI founded?

Skild AI was founded in 2023.

What does Skild AI make?

Skild AI is a robot brain developer: 1 foundation model or autonomy stack on the DEPLOY registry are credited to Skild AI.

Is Skild AI safe?

Skild AI has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.