SKAI Intelligence raises late-stage round at $72M valuation for physical AI data
What's the deal? SKAI IntelligenceDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a South Korean digital twin and synthetic data infrastructure company, has raised a late-stage round valuing it at roughly $72 million. The investment came from the Oracle-Vector Regional Innovation Venture Fund, jointly managed by Wyup Technology Investment and Oracle Venture InvestmentDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The round size was not disclosed.
What's the endgame? SKAI builds a platform on NVIDIA Omniverse that recreates real manufacturing environments in digital space and generates synthetic data to train physical AI. The tool lets manufacturers simulate and verify tasks before deploying actual equipment, addressing a shortage of AI training data on factory floors.
Why now? Physical AI adoption is expanding across manufacturing, and investors cited SKAI's ability to generate and verify large-scale training data as a key reason for backing it. The company had earlier raised a Series A from DS Investment PartnersDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →; this round holds the same valuation.
What's the money for? SKAI plans to focus the funds on research and development and global expansion. It aims to advance its digital twin and industrial synthetic data technology and extend beyond manufacturing into robotics and smart factories.
The company is also deepening partnerships. It is pursuing joint research on robot vision and grasping with Seoul National University's AI research institute, and has built a strategic tie-up with industrial robot maker ABB RoboticsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
The signal: As manufacturers move to train robots and AI, the infrastructure that supplies their training data is drawing investor attention. SKAI's flat-valuation round marks digital twins and synthetic data as an emerging bet within the broader physical AI push.
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