Deepak Pathak
Unicorn founderFounder at Skild AI
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
FoundedSkild AI$14B
About
Deepak Pathak is Co-Founder and CEO of Skild AI and a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University. His research addresses artificial intelligence in the areas of robotics, deep learning, and computer vision, drawing on animal cognition and biology, with a focus on developing embodied machines capable of generalizing across diverse real-world environments.
Founder at Skild AI
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1789 CapitalPalm Beach · since 2026Alpha Square GroupNew YorkBerkeley FrontierBerkeleyBezos ExpeditionsCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checksDG Daiwa VenturesDisruptiveDallas · since 2026Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksLG Technology VenturesSanta ClaraLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMacquarie CapitalSydney Nsw · since 2026Mana VenturesEsteroMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksNVenturesSanta ClaraNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2026Prysm CapitalSan FranciscoSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2026Schneider ElectricRueil-Malmaison · since 2026Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2026SignalRankSoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2026SV AngelSan FranciscoValkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark City
Co-founders at Skild AI
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Abhinav GuptaFounder
Experience
- Skild AICo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentGreater Pittsburgh Region
- Deepak PathakAngel Investorcurrent2023 — present
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityAssistant Professorcurrent2020 — presentGreater Pittsburgh Region
- Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) at MetaResearcher2019 — 2020Menlo Park, California, United States
- VisageMap Inc.Co-Founder2014 — 2016
- MicrosoftResearch Intern2013New York, New York, United States
Skills & more
Machine Learning9Robotics7Computer Vision6Artificial Intelligence (AI)3Deep Learning2
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Deepak Pathak?
- Deepak Pathak is Co-Founder and CEO of Skild AI and a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University. His research addresses artificial intelligence in the areas of robotics, deep learning, and computer vision, drawing on animal cognition and biology, with a focus on developing embodied machines capable of generalizing across diverse real-world environments.
- Where does Deepak Pathak work?
- Deepak Pathak is Founder of Skild AI.
- What companies did Deepak Pathak found?
- Deepak Pathak founded Skild AI.
- Where did Deepak Pathak go to school?
- Deepak Pathak studied at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence).
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