Exclusive: SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at $14 billion valuation, sources say

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Exclusive: SoftBank, Nvidia looking to invest in Skild AI at billion valuation, sources say

By Akash Sriram,Krystal Hu
Publication Date: 2025-12-08 15:46:00

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  • Investor enthusiasm grows for humanoid robotics amid AI advancements
  • Skild AI is backed by Amazon, Khosla Ventures, Jeff Bezos
  • Startup unveiled a robotics AI model in July that works across many types of robots
Dec 8 (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab and Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab are in talks to invest in Skild AI, in a more than $1 billion funding round that could value the maker of foundation models for robots at around $14 billion, according to sources and a term sheet seen by Reuters.

If successful, the funding will be at nearly triple Skild’s valuation from the $4.7 billion it commanded in a $500 million Series B round earlier this year that saw participation from Nvidia, LG’s venture capital arm and Samsung, among others, according to PitchBook data.

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Founded in 2023 by former Meta AI researchers and backed by Amazon.com and Lightspeed Venture Partners, Skild is trying to overcome a key hurdle that has slowed the broader deployment of general-purpose machines in factories and homes by developing universal software designed to serve as the brain for robots.

The company focuses on AI models for robots of all form factors…

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