Skild AI

Skild AI is a robotics-focused artificial intelligence company based in Pittsburgh, founded in 2023. The company specializes in developing scalable foundation models to create adaptable, general-purpose intelligence for robots. Skild AI has quickly established itself as a leader in AI-driven robotics, achieving a valuation of $1.5 billion by July 2024 after a successful $300 million Series A funding round.The company's flagship product, the Skild Brain, is a general-purpose AI model that enables robots to learn and adapt to new environments without pre-programmed instructions. This model is compatible with various robotic hardware and is designed for tasks such as navigation and object manipulation. Skild AI also offers a Mobile Manipulation Platform for developers to create robotics applications and a Security & Inspection Robot Platform for industrial monitoring and data collection. The company collaborates with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA to enhance its AI solutions, aiming to make intelligent robots widely accessible across industries like healthcare, manufacturing, and security.