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Robotics & physical AI · Pittsburgh, US · founded 2023

Skild AI: who founded it, who funds it

Skild AI is a Pittsburgh robotics lab founded in 2023 by Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, who came from CMU. What it is building: skild Brain, an omni-bodied robot foundation model; crossed $100M ARR with 60+ paying customers in Sept 2026. It has raised $1.81B in disclosed rounds, most recently a Series C of $1.4B at a $14B valuation in January 2026, led by SoftBank. It has a product on the market.

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Founders
Deepak Pathak (ex-CMU), Abhinav Gupta (ex-CMU)
Founders from
ex-CMU
Location
Pittsburgh, US (North America)
Valuation
$14B set by the last priced round
Raised
$1.81B disclosed
Investors
Lightspeed lead, Coatue lead, SoftBank lead, Jeff Bezos lead, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CRV, Nvidia, Macquarie Capital
What ships
$100M ARR reported 10 Sep 2026 (company figures).

Rounds

DateRoundAmountValuationLeadSource
Jan 14, 2026Series C$1.4B$14BSoftBankbusinesswire.com
Sep 15, 2025Series BTracxn lists $1.81B total across rounds; this entry is the remainder before the Series C$110M$4BSoftBanktracxn.com
Jul 9, 2024Series A$300M$1.5BLightspeed, Coatue, SoftBank, Jeff Bezostracxn.com

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Investors who back other labs here

  • Nvidia also: Safe Superintelligence, Reflection AI, Poolside, Thinking Machines Lab
  • Sequoia also: Safe Superintelligence, Reflection AI, Physical Intelligence, Ineffable Intelligence
  • Lightspeed also: Reflection AI, Ineffable Intelligence, Ricursive Intelligence, Cartesia
  • Jeff Bezos also: Physical Intelligence, Humans&, Periodic Labs, Project Prometheus
  • General Catalyst also: General Intuition, River AI, Symbolica
  • CRV also: Reflection AI, Dyna Robotics
  • Menlo Ventures also: Prime Intellect, Inception Labs

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