Skild AI Raises Close to $1.4 Billion in Funding at Over $14 Billion Valuation
Why It Matters
The massive valuation underscores growing investor confidence in general‑purpose robotics AI, positioning Skild AI as a potential industry standard. Its rapid revenue growth and cross‑sector deployments could reshape automation strategies for enterprises worldwide.
Skild AI Raises Close to $1.4 Billion in Funding at Over $14 Billion Valuation
By FinSMEs · January 14, 2026
Skild AI, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania‑based developer of a scalable foundation model for robotics, raised close to $1.4 billion in funding at a valuation of over $14 billion.
The round was led by SoftBank Group, with participation from NVIDIA’s NVentures, Macquarie Capital, Jeff Bezos (via Bezos Expeditions), Disruptive, 1789 Capital, and strategic investors including Samsung, LG, Schneider Electric, CommonSpirit, and Salesforce Ventures. Other investors include TF Capital, Andra Capital, Palo Alto Growth Capital, KIC, Alpha Square, Mirae Asset, and Destiny.
The company intends to use the funds to continue scaling its model training and growing the future deployment of its technology across enterprise and commercial sectors.
Led by CEO and Co‑Founder Deepak Pathak and President and Co‑Founder Abhinav Gupta, Skild AI develops the “Skild Brain,” an omni‑bodied robotics foundation model that enables machines such as quadrupeds, humanoids, and manipulators to perform tasks ranging from household chores to navigating slippery terrain using in‑context learning.
The Skild Brain is omni‑bodied and can control any robot without prior knowledge of its exact body form, including quadrupeds, humanoids, tabletop arms, and mobile manipulators. It enables robots to handle everything from simple household chores like cleaning, loading a dishwasher, making an egg, to physically demanding challenges such as navigating slippery terrain. If there is a machine that can move, the omni‑bodied Skild Brain will eventually be able to operate it.
In 2025, the company grew from zero to approximately $30 million in revenue in just a few months and is currently deploying its technology for security, facility inspection, last‑mile delivery, and warehouse automation.
Skild AI has offices in Pittsburgh, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Bengaluru, India.
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