Skild AI hits $100M ARR ten months after first commercial robot deployment
deepakpathak · x · 2026-09-11
Skild AI founder Deepak Pathak announced the company crossed $100 million in ARR just ten months after its first commercial deployment, in an article titled "The Hidden Pillar of Robotics Research is Deployment."
His core argument: real-world deployment is the underrated pillar of robotics research — commercial deployments generate real-world data and iteration loops that are key to making robots practical. Commenters called it the start of "the deployment era of robotics."
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