Artificial Intelligence

Skild AI

High1/2 relationships sourcedProfile verified Aug 16, 2026
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30-Second Executive Brief

Executive Assessment

Skild AI functions as an established institution within Artificial Intelligence, backed by 55% sourcing coverage, with a stable competitive position.

  • Maintains 2 mapped relationships across the graph
  • 55% sourcing coverage across sourced relationships
  • Tracked as established institution within the Artificial Intelligence category

Executive Snapshot

Strategic Role
Established Institution
Sourcing Coverage
55%
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Computed live from this entity's own relationships and evidence: how many relationships carry at least one linked citation, weighted with citation recency and source type — independent of Strategic Importance, and not a prediction. Not a hand-typed number; recalculated on every read.

Ecosystem Influence
High
Strategic Momentum
Insufficient Data

Coverage

Mapped Relationships
2
Technology Domains
3

Strategic Implications

  • Central node connecting multiple strategic ecosystems
  • Directly influences technology and capital flows
  • Material relevance to downstream dependency mapping

Top Opportunities

Continued scaling of the Skild Brain foundation model toward broader real-world robot deployment across manufacturing and logistics.

Top Risks

Pre-commercial-scale foundation model for general robot control carries substantial technical execution risk relative to narrower, task-specific robotics AI competitors.

Critical Dependencies

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A Pittsburgh-based robotics AI startup founded by former Carnegie Mellon professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, building the 'Skild Brain' -- a single omni-bodied foundation model designed to control any robot for any task without bespoke retraining, trained on NVIDIA Isaac Lab and Cosmos physics simulation. Skild closed a $1.4 billion Series C in January 2026 led by SoftBank with participation from NVIDIA's NVentures, Bezos Expeditions, Samsung, LG, Schneider Electric and Salesforce Ventures, valuing the company at over $14 billion -- more than triple its valuation seven months earlier -- in what was described as the largest robotics AI funding round on record.

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Sources

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Evidence

1 source

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Acquisition & Investment Fit

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Relationship Map

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The Story So Far

Jan 2023: Founded→Jan 2026: $1.4B Series C at $14B+ valuation→Jan 2026: Skild AI raises $1.4B Series C, valued over $14B

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Skild AI's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of Skild AI's key moments — founding to present.

  1. Jan 2023 · Founded

    Skild AI was founded by former CMU professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta.

  2. Jan 2026 · $1.4B Series C at $14B+ valuation

    Skild closed a $1.4 billion Series C led by SoftBank with NVentures participating, valuing the company at over $14 billion.