Robotics Startup Skild AI Valued Above $14 Billion in New Round

Skild AI Inc., a fast-rising startup that makes software to help robots learn to complete tasks, has secured about $1.4 billion in a new funding round that values the company at more than $14 billion, more than triple what it was worth just seven months ago.

The Series C round was led by SoftBank Group Corp., with participation from Nvidia Corp., Macquarie Group Ltd., 1789 Capital and Jeff Bezos’ private investment firm Bezos Expeditions, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Deepak Pathak told Bloomberg.

Several previous backers, including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Coatue Management, also joined the round. Other investors included ...