robotics / venture

Reports Skild AI as the most-funded pure-software robotics startup ever at this stage, led by SoftBank, with Nvidia, Bezos Expeditions, Macquarie Group, Samsung, LG, Schneider Electric and Salesforce Ventures also investing. Notes the strategic composition: hardware OEMs investing in the software brain suggests a platform play, not a vertical integration.

“Skild AI hits a $14B valuation as SoftBank, Nvidia and Bezos back its bid to build a general-purpose robot brain.”