Today, US robotics startup Skild AI announces the completion of its Series C funding round, raising approximately $1.4 billion and increasing its valuation to over $14 billion.
This round was led by SoftBank Group, with participation from prominent investors including NVentures (NVIDIA), Macquarie Capital (entities administered by Macquarie Capital), and Jeff Bezos (via Bezos Expeditions). Existing investors such as Lightspeed, Felicis, Coatue, and Sequoia Capital also participated. The funds raised will primarily be used for core technology iteration, large-scale commercialization, and global team expansion.
Founded in 2023 by Deepak Pathak (CEO) and Abhinav Gupta (President), Skild AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, with offices in Pittsburgh, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Bangalore. By 2025, Skild AI will have served more than eight clients, with revenue growing from zero to tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the team has grown to over 100 members, most of whom come from technology companies such as Meta, Tesla, Google, Amazon, and Nvidia.
The company is dedicated to creating a “general-purpose robot brain” that requires no custom chips and can run on standard GPUs, achieving cross-platform, cross-task, and cross-scenario generalized execution capabilities.
Skild Brain, developed by the Skild AI team, is trained using large-scale human videos and simulated exercises. It generates feedback loops through action execution and error data to continuously optimize control strategies. The system integrates the robot’s internal perception (such as joint movement and force sensing) with external visual signals, enabling it to simultaneously understand its own state and environmental changes, exhibiting strong task robustness.
Currently, Skild Brain is compatible with various robot forms, from quadruped platforms to robotic arms and humanoid robots, and can perform tasks in complex environments such as homes, warehouses, hospitals, and construction sites.
