Competent AIa robotics company building an “omnibody” brain to operate any robot for any task, announced Wednesday that it had raised $1.4 billion, tripling its valuation to more than $14 billion.
The fundraiser comes just over seven months after Skild’s. a $135 million Series B at a valuation of $4.5 billion.
SoftBank Group led the startup’s latest financing, which included participation from NVentures, Nvidiathe venture capital arm of, entities administered by Capital Macquarie, Bezos Expeditions, Disruptive And Capital of 1789. Several strategic investors also issued checks during the round, including Samsung, LG Technology Companies, Schneider Electric, Health CommonSpiritAnd Salesforce Companies 1.
The increase brings Pittsburgh-based Skild AI’s total fundraising to more than $1.83 billion, according to Crunchbase.
The company says its revenue grew from zero to around $30 million “in just a few months” in 2025, and is “growing exponentially.” It deploys its technology in various environments, including facility security and inspection, last mile and point-to-point delivery, warehouses, manufacturing, data centers, and construction tasks, among others.
Looking ahead, Skild AI plans to deploy robotics into consumers’ homes, with business tasks as the first application.
Last year was a good year for funding robotics startups. Overall, robotics startups raised $13.8 billion in funding in 2025, up from $7.8 billion in 2024 and even surpassing the $13.1 billion raised in the peak venture funding year of 2021.
Another example of a company building a brain for robots that recently raised capital is Flexion. The Zurich startup, which claims to “build the brains of humanoid and human-capable robots”, raised $50 million in financing in November.
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Skild AI claims to build the industry’s “first unified robotic base model” called Skild Brain. The company says its model differs from traditional models tailored to specific robot designs in that it is omnibody and “can control any robot without prior knowledge of its exact shape,” including quadrupeds, humanoids, table arms, and movable manipulators.
As such, Skild AI claims its technology gives robots the ability to perform simpler tasks such as household chores like cleaning, load a dishwasher And make an egg, as well as more physically demanding activities such as navigate slippery terrain.
“The Skild Brain can control robots it has never trained on, adapting in real time to extreme changes in shape or environment. The model is forced to adapt rather than memorize – much like intelligence in nature,” said Deepak PathakCEO and co-founder of Skild AI, in a press release.
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