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Skild AI

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Snapshot

  • What it is

    Detail
    Builds the Skild Brain, a general-purpose ("omni-bodied") robot foundation model meant to control any robot body, including quadrupeds, humanoids, tabletop arms and mobile manipulators, for any task[1]
    As of
    Jan 2026

  • Founded

    Detail
    2023[2]
    As of
    Jul 2024

  • Headquarters

    Detail
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[3]
    As of
    Mar 2026

  • Facilities

    Detail
    Teams in Pennsylvania and California, and an office in Bengaluru, India, opened in Feb 2026[4]
    As of
    Feb 2026

  • Leadership

    Detail
    Deepak Pathak, co-founder and CEO[5]Full leadership
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Acquisitions

    Detail
    Apr 15 2026: Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business (formerly Fetch Robotics): Fetch autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material movement and the Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform. Terms not disclosed; Zebra received cash and an equity stake in Skild[6]
    As of
    Apr 2026

Leadership

  • CEO

    Person and background
    Deepak Pathak, co-founder and CEO[5]
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Leadership

    Person and background
    Abhinav Gupta, President[3]
    As of
    Mar 2026

  • Founders

    Person and background
    Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, both former Carnegie Mellon University professors[7]
    As of
    Jul 2024

Scale and customers

  • Revenue run rate

    Detail
    $100M annual recurring revenue run rate, ten months after its first commercial deployment; not audited[8]Self-reported
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Customers

    Detail
    Its software runs on hundreds of robots at more than 60 companies, up from eight earlier in 2026[5]Self-reported
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Deployment settings

    Detail
    From cafes in Japan to warehouses in the U.S.[5]Self-reported
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Featured deployment

    Detail
    With NVIDIA and Foxconn: the Skild Brain on dual-arm manipulators assembling NVIDIA Blackwell systems; in NVIDIA's demo a robot installs a busbar and limit block and fastens 16 screws[9]
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Revenue

    Detail
    Live revenue grew from zero to about $30M within a few months of 2025[1]Self-reported
    As of
    Jan 2026

Funding

  • Series A

    Detail
    $300M (Jul 2024) at a $1.5B valuation, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group and Jeff Bezos (Bezos Expeditions), with Felicis, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CRV, SV Angel, Carnegie Mellon University and Amazon[2]
    As of
    Jul 2024

  • Series B

    Detail
    Series B (2025), led by SoftBank, valuation about $4.5B (Bloomberg)[10]
    As of
    Jun 2025

  • Series C

    Detail
    $1.4B (Jan 2026) at a valuation over $14B, led by SoftBank with NVentures (NVIDIA), Macquarie Capital and Bezos Expeditions; Lightspeed, Felicis, Coatue and Sequoia added to their stakes; strategic investors include LG, Schneider Electric, CommonSpirit and Salesforce Ventures[1]
    As of
    Jan 2026

  • Zebra Technologies

    Round
    Equity stake as part of the Fetch sale (Apr 2026)[6]
    Date
    Apr 2026

  • NVIDIA

    Round
    Series C, through NVentures (Jan 2026)[1]
    Date
    Jan 2026

  • SoftBank Group

    Round
    Series C lead (Jan 2026)[1]
    Date
    Jan 2026

  • Jeff Bezos

    Round
    Series A co-lead, through Bezos Expeditions (Jul 2024)[2]
    Date
    Jul 2024

  • Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Round
    Series A co-lead (Jul 2024)[2]
    Date
    Jul 2024

Products and models

  • Business model

    Detail
    Its robot model reaches customers through robot makers and its own deployments; since Apr 2026 it also sells Fetch robots and the Symmetry software directly to warehouse operators, and supports the Fetch installed base[11]
    As of
    Apr 2026

  • Applications

    Detail
    Security, construction, delivery, data centers, warehouses and factory assembly[1]
    As of
    Jan 2026

  • Ecosystem

    Detail
    ABB Robotics and Universal Robots plan to build the Skild Brain into their robot portfolios[3]
    As of
    Mar 2026

  • Software

    Detail
    Trained with NVIDIA Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim, the Newton physics engine and Cosmos synthetic data; runs on NVIDIA Jetson[3]
    As of
    Mar 2026

  • Robot model

    Detail
    Skild Brain, unveiled Jul 2025: pretrained on large-scale simulation and internet videos of humans, then post-trained on targeted real-world data[12]
    As of
    Jul 2025

  • Robustness claims

    Detail
    Training across many robot bodies gives the model robustness to changes or failures in hardware[12]Self-reported
    As of
    Jul 2025

  • S1 model

    Detail
    Introduced Aug 2026: learns unseen, long-horizon tasks (up to about 10 minutes) from a single video demonstration, in context, with no post-training[13]
    As of
    Aug 2026

  • S1 results

    Detail
    About 66% per-step success on unseen tasks, against 9% for a similar AI system; one video worth roughly 380 hands-on training examples[9]Self-reported
    As of
    Sep 2026

  • Warehouse plan (company statement)

    Detail
    Says the Fetch deal makes it the first company able to offer a full end-to-end warehouse automation system: humanoids for pick-and-place, robot dogs for inspection, arms for packing, AMRs for material movement, and one orchestration layer to control them all[6]Self-reported
    As of
    Apr 2026

  • Revenue mix

    Detail
    Not disclosed: no published pricing, and it has not said how much revenue is software licensing versus integration work[14]
    As of
    Sep 2026

Relationships

Investors

  • Zebra Technologies: Equity stake as part of the Fetch sale (Apr 2026)[6]
  • NVIDIA: Series C, through NVentures (Jan 2026)[1]
  • SoftBank Group: Series C lead (Jan 2026)[1]
  • Jeff Bezos: Series A co-lead, through Bezos Expeditions (Jul 2024)[2]
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners: Series A co-lead (Jul 2024)[2]

Partners

  • ABB Robotics: ABB plans to integrate the Skild Brain into its robots (Mar 2026)[3]
  • Foxconn: Skild Brain on dual-arm manipulators for NVIDIA Blackwell assembly (Mar 2026)[3]
  • NVIDIA: Trains on NVIDIA Isaac Lab, Isaac Sim and Cosmos; runs on Jetson (Mar 2026)[3]
  • Universal Robots: UR plans to build the Skild Brain into its cobots (Mar 2026)[3]

Competitors

Acquisitions

  • Fetch Robotics: Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business: Fetch AMRs and the Symmetry Fulfillment platform (Apr 2026)[16]

Recent moves

  • Sep 10, 2026

    Move
    Reported a $100M revenue run rate and more than 60 companies using its software (Bloomberg)[5]

  • Aug 18, 2026

    Move
    Introduced S1, a model that learns a new task from a single video[13]

  • Apr 15, 2026

    Move
    Acquired Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business (formerly Fetch Robotics): Fetch AMRs and the Symmetry Fulfillment platform[16]

  • Mar 16, 2026

    Move
    Announced collaborations with ABB Robotics, Universal Robots and NVIDIA, and plans to ship its model for NVIDIA Blackwell assembly with Foxconn[3]

  • Jan 14, 2026

    Move
    Raised $1.4B led by SoftBank, at a valuation over $14B[1]

  • Jul 29, 2025

    Move
    Unveiled the Skild Brain[12]

  • Jun 2025

    Move
    Series B led by SoftBank, at a valuation of about $4.5B (Bloomberg)[10]

  • Jul 9, 2024

    Move
    Came out of stealth with a $300M Series A at a $1.5B valuation[2]

Sources

  1. Skild AI: Announcing Series C (Jan 2026)
  2. Skild AI: Announcing our $300M Series A (Jul 2024)
  3. Skild AI release (GlobeNewswire, via AAP): ABB Robotics, Universal Robots and NVIDIA (Mar 2026)
  4. Skild AI: Expands to Bengaluru (Feb 2026)
  5. Investing.com, citing Bloomberg: Skild AI revenue milestone (Sep 2026)
  6. DC Velocity: Zebra sells off its Fetch AMR division (Apr 2026)
  7. SiliconANGLE: Skild AI raises $300M (Jul 2024)
  8. Skild AI: The Hidden Pillar of Robotics ($100M ARR, Sep 2026)
  9. NVIDIA blog: Skild AI S1 (Sep 2026)
  10. Benzinga via Yahoo Finance, citing Bloomberg: Skild AI Series B (Jun 2025)
  11. The Robot Report: Skild acquires Fetch Robotics assets from Zebra (Apr 2026)
  12. Skild AI: Building the general-purpose robotic brain (Jul 2025)
  13. Skild AI: Introducing S1 (Aug 2026)
  14. AI Weekly: Skild AI $100M run rate (Sep 2026)
  15. Humanoids Daily: Skild AI secures $1.4B Series C (Jan 2026)
  16. Skild AI: Acquires Zebra Technologies' robotics business (Apr 2026)