# Skild AI

> Skild AI is a Pittsburgh-based robotics company building the Skild Brain, a single general-purpose foundation model designed to control any robot - quadrupeds, humanoids, tabletop arms, mobile manipulators - across many tasks without bespoke retraining. Founded in 2023 by former Carnegie Mellon professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, the company trains on a mix of large-scale simulation, internet video, teleoperation and real-world deployment data. After a $1.4B Series C in January 2026, Skild AI is valued at over $14 billion.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founders:** Deepak Pathak (Co-founder & CEO), Abhinav Gupta (Co-founder & President)
- **Team size:** ~82 employees
- **Products:** Skild Brain, Mobile Manipulation Platform, Security & Inspection Robot Solutions
- **Notable:** Reached a $14B+ valuation within roughly 18 months of founding, Raised over $2B across Series A, B and C in 18 months, Built what it calls the industry's first unified, omni-bodied robotics foundation model

## Products & services

- **Skild Brain** — A unified robotics foundation model that generalizes across tasks and robot hardware. Described as omni-bodied: it can control robots without prior knowledge of their body form, including quadrupeds, humanoids, tabletop arms and mobile manipulators.
- **Mobile Manipulation Platform** — API-driven tools and a control platform for building robotics applications on top of the Skild Brain.
- **Security & Inspection Robot Solutions** — Full-stack offerings for visual inspection, data collection and patrolling in industrial and commercial settings.

## Achievements

- Reached a $14B+ valuation within roughly 18 months of founding
- Raised over $2B across Series A, B and C in 18 months
- Built what it calls the industry's first unified, omni-bodied robotics foundation model
- Grew live revenue from zero to approximately $30M during 2025
- Attracted SoftBank, NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, Samsung, LG and Schneider Electric as backers
- Founders' combined research has 75,000+ citations

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Closed a $1.4B Series C led by SoftBank with NVIDIA, Bezos Expeditions and others, reaching a valuation over $14B - roughly tripling its valuation in seven months.
- **2025** — Raised a $135M Series B at a ~$4.5B valuation and grew live revenue from zero to about $30M.
- **2024-07** — Announced $300M Series A at a $1.5B valuation led by Lightspeed, Coatue and SoftBank.

## Links

- Website: https://skild.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skildai
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SkildAI
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkildAI/

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Last updated: 2026-06-12