Skild AI confirms $1.4B Series C at $14B valuation, cementing its role in general-purpose robotics

Skild AI has confirmed the close of a $1.4 billion Series C round , valuing the robotics software startup at more than $14 billion . The deal represents a sharp step-up from its roughly $4.5 billion valuation less than a year ago , underscoring how quickly capital is concentrating around general-purpose robotics platforms.

The round was led by SoftBank , with participation from Nvidia , Macquarie GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → , 1789 CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → , and other investors. With this financing, Skild AI has now raised over $2 billion in total funding , reflecting growing investor confidence in its ambition to become a core software layer for the robotics industry.

Skild’s approach addresses one of the biggest obstacles to large-scale robot adoption: the reliance on bespoke, vertically fragmented systems that are costly to deploy and difficult to adapt. By decoupling intelligence from hardware, the company aims to reduce deployment friction and expand robotics beyond narrowly defined industrial applications.

Nvidia’s confirmed participation highlights the tight link between AI compute infrastructure and robotics foundation models , which require substantial training resources. The round also comes amid renewed momentum around humanoids and adaptive robotic systems , as advances in AI make “learn-as-you-go” robotics increasingly feasible.

Skild AI is part of a broader wave of startups pursuing adaptive robotic intelligence. Companies such as Field AI and 1X , which recently introduced a world model for its humanoid robot Neo, are advancing similar strategies—signaling a broader shift toward horizontal, general-purpose software as the defining layer of the next phase of robotics.

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