Skild AI, which is building a general-purpose foundation model for robots, raised $300 million in a Series A round co-led by SoftBank Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue and Bezos Expeditions. The round valued the company at about $1.5 billion. SoftBank's individual contribution was not disclosed. About Skild AI Skild AI was founded in Pittsburgh in 2023 by Carnegie Mellon University professors Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta. Its goal is one AI model, later called the Skild Brain, that can control many kinds of robots rather than a single machine. Other investors Felicis Ventures, Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CRV, Amazon, SV Angel and Carnegie Mellon also joined the round. SoftBank doubles down SoftBank went on to lead Skild's later rounds. In January 2026 it led a raise of about $1.4 billion, with NVIDIA's venture arm and Bezos Expeditions also investing, that valued Skild at more than $14 billion, nearly ten times the 2024 price.
