About Skild AI
Skild AI is a robotics foundation model company building general-purpose AI brains for robots, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by Carnegie Mellon University professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, Skild AI develops the Skild Brain, a single foundation model designed to control multiple robot embodiments including humanoids, quadrupeds, and industrial arms across diverse tasks and environments without task-specific training. The companys vision is to provide the AI brain that powers robots from any manufacturer accelerating the deployment of capable, general-purpose robotics globally. Skild AI raised 300 million Series A at a 1.5 billion valuation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, Softbank, NEA, Bezos Expeditions, and Sequoia Capital.