Organization
Skild AI
Robotics · Model developer · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Skild AI develops the Skild Brain, a robotics foundation model that it describes as able to control many kinds of robots, including quadrupeds, humanoids, tabletop arms, and mobile manipulators. In August 2026 it introduced S1, a manipulation model that learns tasks from video demonstrations.342
Key facts
- Ownership
- Privately held
- Legal form
- Unknown
- Sectors
- Robotics
What is and isn’t public
Products
No hosted model products are recorded for this organization.
Other products
| Product | Kind | Documented delivery and access | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skild Brain (external site: skild.ai) | Other | General-purpose robot control model. Skild's website says the company is building robot applications with it, such as security and inspection, mobile manipulation, and packing, and that mobile-manipulation skills are exposed through an API call; it does not describe public access to the model itself.12 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| S1 (external site: skild.ai) | Other | Manipulation model announced in August 2026 that takes a video demonstration of a task as input. Skild says S1 is in use with commercial partners and offers a sign-up form for early access; no public weights or code are announced.4 | Sep 29, 2026 |
Related open artifacts
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Notable documented facts
- In April 2026 Skild AI acquired Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation business, including the Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform; Zebra received cash and an equity stake in Skild AI.86
- Skild describes training the Skild Brain on large-scale simulation and internet video for pre-training, followed by targeted real-world data for post-training, with a high-level policy feeding a low-level action policy.2
U.S. eligibility
Eligible · basis: U.S. headquarters
Skild AI's July 2025 press release is datelined Pittsburgh, and its boilerplate says the company has offices in Pittsburgh and the San Francisco Bay Area; the April 2026 Zebra acquisition release is datelined Pittsburgh and Lincolnshire, Illinois. Technical.ly describes Skild AI as Pittsburgh-based and East Liberty-based, with offices in San Mateo, California, and Bengaluru. No official page reviewed uses the word "headquarters", and many current listings on its job board are in San Mateo, California, but both main offices are in the United States. Skild describes its February 2026 Bengaluru office as its first expansion beyond the U.S.789105
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