Skild AI, which creates basic models for robots, appears to have more than tripled in valuation in just seven months.
The startup has raised $1.4 billion in a Series C round, valuing it at more than $14 billion, Bloomberg reports. The round was led by SoftBank, with investments including Nvidia, Macquarie Group, and 1789 Capital.
Skilled AI last raised funding last summer at a valuation of $4.5 billion, Bloomberg reported. The company did not disclose the exact value of that round, but it is rumored to be around $500 million, but Skild AI CEO Deepak Pathak told Bloomberg that the company has raised more than $2 billion to date.
TechCrunch reached out to Skild AI for more information on its funding history. We will update this article as soon as we know more.
Founded in 2023, Skild AI builds general-purpose robot software and foundational models that can be retrofitted to a variety of robots and tasks without requiring significant additional training. The hope is that these models can learn by watching humans perform tasks.
Lately, with the growing hype around humanoids, there has been a growing movement towards this type of learn-as-you-go robot software.
One of the biggest hurdles in deploying robots for both personal and industrial use cases is the enormous amount of training required for robots to learn all new tasks. If they can learn and adapt, it will pave the way for more robots.
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Field AI is another startup that aims to build easily adaptable robot software. 1X, the makers of the humanoid Neo, have released a world model that pursues the same goal.
