Deepak Pathak
InvestorUnicorn founderFounder at Skild AI · Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
FoundedSkild AI$14B
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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.
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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
From Deepak's professional profile.
Colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University
Aaron Tainter
Director of Accelerator Programs at Innovation Works
Andrew Rabin
General Partner at 412 Venture Fund
Andrew Spielberg
Founder at MorphoAI
Chenxi Wang
General Partner at Rain Capital
Christine Park
Founder at Lattice Health
Cindy Padnos
Founder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures
Deboshree Dutta
Founder at Criya
Dr. Anand Rao
Venture Partner - Artificial Intelligence at Golden Sparrow Ventures, Llc
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 and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
- 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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