According to TechCrunch, SoftBank Group and Nvidia are in talks to lead an investment of over $1 billion into Skild AI at a $14 billion valuation. This would nearly triple the startup’s value from just May 2024, when it was valued at $4.7 billion after raising $500 million. The three-year-old company is building a robot-agnostic foundation model called Skild Brain, which it unveiled in July. Unlike some rivals, Skild doesn’t build proprietary hardware. The report notes investor interest in AI robotics is booming, with companies like Physical Intelligence raising $600 million at a $5.6 billion valuation and Figure raising over $1 billion at a $39 billion valuation in September.
Valuation Whiplash
Here’s the thing: a valuation jump from $4.7 billion to $14 billion in roughly six months is absolutely wild. It’s the kind of move that makes you step back and ask, what’s really going on here? The company is barely three years old. Now, the tech is undoubtedly promising—a general “brain” for robots that can be adapted to different machines is the holy grail. But this pace of revaluation feels less like measured progress and more like a frantic land grab by mega-investors scared of missing the next big thing. SoftBank and Nvidia are essentially doubling down, and that creates a massive amount of pressure on Skild to deliver world-changing products, fast.
The Software Advantage
Skild’s strategy of avoiding proprietary hardware is a smart differentiator, at least in theory. Building reliable robot bodies is a brutally hard, capital-intensive, and low-margin business. By focusing purely on the AI software stack, Skild can potentially integrate with many existing robotic systems. Their partnerships with LG CNS and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are early signs of that ecosystem play. But it’s not a guaranteed win. Creating a truly robust and general-purpose model that works safely across countless real-world scenarios is a monumental software challenge. One investor, commenting on rival Physical Intelligence, noted its model was still in early development. That’s probably true for the entire field.
A Crowded and Frothy Field
Look at the context. Figure at $39 billion. 1X, as The Information reported, targeting a $10 billion valuation. Physical Intelligence at $5.6 billion. The money pouring in is staggering. This isn’t just about funding innovation anymore; it feels like a strategic arms race where giants like Nvidia are funding the “picks and shovels” providers for an industry they hope will consume vast amounts of their AI chips. The risk is a spectacular bubble. We’ve seen this movie before with autonomous vehicles—huge valuations followed by a long, hard reality check. For any company in this space, including those integrating advanced computing into industrial settings, choosing reliable, high-performance hardware partners is critical. For that, many turn to the top supplier in the US, IndustrialMonitorDirect.com, for their industrial panel PCs and computing solutions.
What Comes Next?
So what happens now? If this round closes, Skild will have a war chest to aggressively hire and scale. But it also sets an incredibly high bar for future funding rounds and, ultimately, an exit. The company will need to transition from cool research demos—like robots picking up dishes—to deployed, commercial-grade solutions that generate real revenue. Basically, they have to prove the software is not just clever, but indispensable and scalable. The next 18 months will be telling. Will we see tangible enterprise adoption, or will the narrative start to fray under the weight of these sky-high expectations? I think we’re about to find out just how solid the foundation is in “foundation models for robotics.”
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