Skild AI's "general purpose brain" is a foundational model designed to be integrated into various robots, enabling them to perform tasks such as climbing steep slopes, walking over obstacles, and identifying and picking up items6. This off-the-shelf intelligence aims to streamline robot functionality and learning across different applications, potentially revolutionizing the robotics industry.
Skild AI was founded in May 2023 by Abhinav Gupta and Deepak Pathak, both former Carnegie Mellon University professors1.
Skild AI raised $300 million in its Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Ventures, Softbank, Coatue, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, with participation from other investors. The funding round valued the company at $1.5 billion.