- SeriesCUSD 1.4B — Amount: USD 1.4B; Post-money valuation: >USD 14B; Led by: SoftBank Group | 22 investors participated. Valuation surged from USD 4.5B to USD 14B (3x) within approximately 7 months, setting one of the fastest repricing records in the current robotics cycle. The breadth of the investor lineup is notable: including financial institutions like Macquarie Capital, as well as sovereign/quasi-sovereign capital such as In-Q-Tel (venture arm linked to US intelligence community), South Korea's Mirae Asset, and Korea Investment. The same announcement disclosed that 2025 revenue grew from 0 to approx. USD 30M—a key trigger for the valuation jump. | Source: Skild AI Official Announcement (2026-01-14)
- SeriesBUSD 140M — Amount basis: USD 135M (SEC Form D) / Approx. USD 500M (public reports); USD 135M / Approx. USD 500M; Post-money valuation: USD 4.5–4.7B; Led by: SoftBank Group | The most important change in this round was the formation of the strategic capital structure: Samsung, LG, and Schneider Electric entered, each with clear motives—hoping to deploy the general-purpose robot brain within their own operational systems, rather than purely financial bets. SoftBank led with approx. USD 100M, NVIDIA NVentures with approx. USD 25M. There is a significant discrepancy between SEC filings (USD 135M) and public reports (USD 500M), see amount basis notes. | Source: SEC Form D filings / Public reports / Technic
- SeriesAUSD 300M — Amount: USD 300M; post-money valuation: USD 1.5B; led by Lightspeed Venture Partners / Coatue / SoftBank / Bezos Expeditions | Disclosed early by The Information in late April 2024, officially announced on July 9, 2024. Two notable points: ① Carnegie Mellon University itself participated as an investor, quite rare among US research universities, reflecting the deep ties between the founding team and CMU; ② Amazon entered through dual channels via Industrial Innovation Fund and Alexa Fund. | Source: Skild AI official announcement (2024-07-09)
- Seed RoundUSD 15M — Amount: Approx. USD 14.5M; Lead investor: Undisclosed. Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta founded Skild AI in Pittsburgh in 2023. Both came from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute—Pathak's self-supervised curiosity research and Gupta's visual representation research form the academic foundation of the 'embodiment-agnostic' technical route. The seed round was approx. USD 14.5M, and the company emerged from stealth mode in July 2024. Source: Aggregated Public Reports
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