Skild AI Secures $300M to Revolutionize Robotics with AGI

  • Skild AI, a robotics startup based in Pittsburgh, was founded by former Carnegie Mellon University professors.

  • The company has raised $300 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Ventures, Softbank, Coatue, and Jeff Bezos.

  • Skild AI’s AI model is trained on extensive data to create general-purpose robots for various industries.

  • The goal is to address labor shortages by deploying these robots.

  • Founders Gupta and Pathak aim to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) for robots.

  • The new funding will be used to further technology development and expand the team.

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