Skild AI
SoftBank-backed maker of Skild Brain, an 'omni-bodied' foundation model for any robot
Scaleup · No humanoid status · Robot foundation model · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · Founded 2023 · skild.ai
Profile
Carnegie Mellon spinout building a single 'omni-bodied' robot brain intended to run on humanoids, quadrupeds and arms. Its $1.4B Series C led by SoftBank in Jan 2026 valued it above $14B, roughly triple its mark seven months earlier. It is the most valuable pure robot-foundation-model company.
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People
- Deepak Pathak FounderCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer@deepakpathakRole confirmed in their X bio
- Abhinav Gupta FounderCo-founder and President
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Flagship products
- Skild Brain AI model
General-purpose robot foundation model meant to control robots without prior knowledge of their hardware
Funding and valuation
Latest round
$1.4B
Series C · Jan 14, 2026
Led by SoftBank.
About $1.4B
Valuation
$14B
valuation (more than) · Jan 14, 2026
Trademarks
5 names filed in the US since 2025 · last checked .
- OMNIBODIED BRAIN Filed, awaiting examinerSoftware as a service services featuring software for the development, programming, operation, navigation.
Our guess: may be the name of its foundation model
- ANY ROBOT, ANY TASK, ONE BRAIN Filed, awaiting examinerRobots for use with household, industrial and commercial purposes, automation and assembling, inspection, logistics.
- SKILD BRAIN Filed, awaiting examinerComputer hardware for artificial intelligence and robotics.
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- OMNIBODIED INTELLIGENCE Filed, awaiting examinerSelf-driving robots; autonomous robots for delivery; land and aerial vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence.
- SKILD AI SuspendedRobots for use with household, industrial and commercial purposes, automation and assembling, inspection, logistics.
Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.
Competitors
Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.
Physical Intelligence
Direct competitorBoth build general robot AI models that other companies' robots can run: Physical Intelligence builds the general-purpose π robot foundation models, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
Rhoda AI
Direct competitorBoth build general robot AI models that other companies' robots can run: Rhoda AI is building a robot brain pre-trained on internet video, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
FieldAI
Direct competitorBoth build general robot AI models that other companies' robots can run: FieldAI builds Field Foundation Models for robots working in unstructured sites, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
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Genesis AI
Direct competitorBoth build general robot AI models that other companies' robots can run: Genesis AI builds a robot-brain model and now its own hand and the Eno robot, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
Google DeepMind (Gemini Robotics)
Direct competitorBoth build general robot AI models that other companies' robots can run: Google DeepMind develops the Gemini Robotics models, used by partners such as Apptronik, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
NVIDIA
Direct competitorBoth build general robot AI models that other companies' robots can run: NVIDIA supplies Jetson Thor compute and the open GR00T humanoid foundation models, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
Spirit AI (Qianxun Intelligence)
Adjacent competitorBoth build embodied-AI models: Spirit AI develops embodied-AI models and its own Moz1 humanoid, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
Toyota Research Institute
Adjacent competitorBoth train large behavior models for robots: Toyota Research Institute builds the Large Behavior Models that drive Boston Dynamics' Atlas, while Skild AI builds Skild Brain, a foundation model meant to run on any robot body.
Recent news
Sources
- Skild AI Raises $1.4B, Now Valued Over $14B (Business Wire) (Jan 14, 2026)
- Robotics software maker Skild AI hits $14B valuation (TechCrunch) (Jan 14, 2026)
- Announcing Series C (Skild AI) (Jan 14, 2026)
- Skild AI raises $1.4B to build 'omni-bodied' robot brain (The Robot Report) (Jan 15, 2026)
Confidence: high.