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The Robot Report · United States · Skild AI raises $1.4bn at $14bn valuation to build a general-purpose robot brain
Focuses on the technical claim: a single Skild Brain model can transfer across different robot morphologies, environments and tasks without additional training, calling it 'omni-bodied' capability. Compares the approach to GPT-4 generalisation claims in language, and asks whether the industrial robotics OEMs investing are hedging or committing.
“Skild Brain runs across any robot body, any environment, without task-specific retraining, the company claims.”