Skild AI raised $300M in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, and Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions) to build a scalable AI foundation model for robotics.
Skild AI raised $300M in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, and Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions) to build a scalable AI foundation model for robotics.
07/09/24, 6:47 PM
Location
pittsburghMoney raised
$300 million
Industry
robotics
machine learning
artificial intelligence
Round Type
series a
Investors
Carnegie Mellon University, Sv Angel, Amazon, Crv, General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia, Felicis Ventures, Jeff Bezos (Through Bezos Expeditions), Soft Bank Group, Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Skild AI, an AI robotics company, closed a $300M Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, SoftBank Group, and Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), with participation from other investors. The funding brings the company to a valuation of $1.5B. Skild AI is focused on building intelligence that is grounded in the physical world and breaking the data barrier in robotics.
Company Info
Location
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, united states
Additional Info
Skild AI is an AI robotics company focused on building a scalable foundation model for robotics. They are breaking the data barrier in robotics by training their model on a significant amount of data points. Their goal is to enable the use of low-cost robots across a broad range of industries and applications, addressing labor shortages and potentially dangerous tasks.