Skild AI raises $1.4B at $14B+ as Bay Area cements robotics hub status
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-10-11
A roundup of the physical AI ecosystem in Palo Alto / Los Altos: Mind Robotics (founded 2025, Bessemer-backed factory collaborative robots), Skild AI (an "omni-bodied" foundation model to control any robot on any hardware, $1.4B Series C at a $14B+ valuation), Tesla Optimus engineering HQ in Palo Alto with production ramping in Fremont, and YC-backed home robot startup Weave Robotics. The author argues the Bay Area's density of talent, universities, founders, and capital makes it the world's leading robotics cluster.
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