Skild AI

Skild AI develops Skild Brain, a robotics foundation model for manipulation and navigation across quadrupeds, humanoids, robot arms and mobile manipulators. Its applications include site inspection, autonomous packing and mobile manipulation; an API exposes skills such as grasping, handover and navigation so developers can build applications without implementing each low-level behavior. Its S1 model lets operators specify tasks through video demonstrations, adapting to new tasks through context without changing model weights.

Founded in 2023 by CEO Deepak Pathak and president Abhinav Gupta, Skild trains across robot body types using simulation, human videos and targeted real-world data. Its hierarchical control architecture connects high-level navigation and manipulation decisions to a faster policy that produces joint angles and motor torques. S1 extends this approach through in-context learning: Skild demonstrated previously unseen manipulation tasks lasting up to ten minutes, including cooking pancakes and assembling kits.

In 2026, Skild acquired Zebra Technologies’ robotics division, formerly Fetch Robotics, adding warehouse robotics and the Symmetry Fulfillment platform, which coordinates robots and frontline workers. By September 2026, the company reported at least 60 paying customers and over $100 million in annual recurring revenue, ten months after its first commercial deployment. Its deployments span factories, warehouses, data centers, deliveries, inspection, security and food preparation.