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Skild AI x Zebra Technologies Robotics Acquisition
Skild AI announced its acquisition of Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business on April 15, 2026. Zebra says the transaction combines Skild Brain with the Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform, with Zebra receiving cash and an equity stake (Zebra announcement).
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- Concludedoperating
- Announced
- 2026-06-154 months ago
- Active for
- 4 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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