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Skild AI x Zebra Technologies Robotics Acquisition
Skild AI acquired Zebra Technologies robotics arm to bring omni-bodied robotics capabilities to its platform, combining Skilds generalized robot brain with Zebras industrial robotics assets.
technology · Concluded · operating
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- Status
- Concludedoperating
- Announced
- 2026-06-152 months ago
- Active for
- 2 months
Who’s involved
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](/companies/bezos-expeditions), and others) at a ~$14B+ valuation; total funding reported >$2B. Builds the robot brain, not hardware.
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American enterprise technology company developing RFID, barcode, and warehouse automation solutions including autonomous mobile robots for inventory management. Publicly traded ([Nasdaq](/companies/nasdaq):ZBRA). Deployed at ODW Logistics and other warehouses.
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