Skild AI

Private

Robot foundation model / software

HQ: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Founded: 2023
Founders: Deepak Pathak, Abhinav Gupta
Products: Skild Brain general-purpose robot model

Founded by Carnegie Mellon roboticists, building a general-purpose "brain" model intended to work across humanoids, quadrupeds, and industrial arms. Unlike research-first rival Physical Intelligence, has disclosed roughly $30M in 2025 revenue and acquired Zebra Technologies' robotics-automation business in April 2026.

Key numbers, at a glance

Funding rounds by post-money valuation

$1.5B

Series A Jul 2024~$4.5B

Series B 2025$14B+

Series C Jan 2026

BusinessWire / Crunchbase News, compiled Jan 2026

Funding

~$2.2B raised across Series A–C (as of Jan 2026); valued above $14B

Key investors

SoftBank, Nvidia, Samsung, Jeff Bezos and others

Last checked: 2026-07-12

Products & deep dives

Still from Skild AI's official Skild Brain demo video

Company & Robot DB

The History of Skild AI

Two Carnegie Mellon professors' bet on a single "brain" that works across quadrupeds, humanoids, and arms — from a $300 million Series A to a reported $14 billion valuation in 18 months, an acquisition of Zebra Technologies' robotics unit, and a funding-disclosure discrepancy that's drawn press scrutiny.

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