Issue #8August 12, 20268 links

Skild AI raises $1.4bn for robotics foundation model

Skild's $1.4bn Series C bets that robot foundation models will scale the way language models did, while the day's tooling concedes that agents mostly don't behave: Docker is now selling microVM isolation for Claude Code and Codex, and Meta's open 30B is explicitly tuned for failure recovery. Cheap robots, expensive containment.

Cool Company Raises

$15.0M

Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions raises a $15.0M Series B round

Ranchbot Monitoring Solutions is the leading provider of remote water monitoring solutions for ranchers. They focus on building relationships with ranchers, educational institutions championing sustainable water management practices, and other strategic partners.

Farming Water Macdoch Ventures Lever Vc The Cultiv8 Livestock Technology Fund Builders Vc+3 more

$52.8M

EarthGrid PBC raises a $52.8M round

Earth Grid Pbc announced it raised $52.8 Million in an initial filing from an offering of $57.6 Million

$50M+

$5.0M

Safe Pro Group raises a $5.0M round

Safe Pro Group Inc. is a leading provider of artificial intelligence solutions specializing in drone imagery processing. The company focuses on developing novel threat detection solutions for government and defense stakeholders. With its patented SpotlightAI™ technology, Safe Pro enhances situational awareness for humanitarian and governmental operations in landmine detection. The company operates globally, leveraging advanced machine learning models and extensive datasets.

Information-Technology Artificial-Intelligence Public-Safety $1M+

$1.4B

Skild AI raises a $1.4B Series C round

Skild AI is an AI robotics company focused on building a scalable foundation model for robotics. They are breaking the data barrier in robotics by training their model on a significant amount of data points. Their goal is to enable the use of low-cost robots across a broad range of industries and applications, addressing labor shortages and potentially dangerous tasks.

Artificial-Intelligence Machine-Learning Robotics Salesforce Ventures Schneider Electric Lg+7 more

$27.4M

Checkerspot raises a $27.4M round

Checkerspot is a pioneering biotechnology company and Certified B Corporation™ that develops high value triglyceride fats and oils not easily or sustainably sourced from nature, at commercially relevant scale & cost, providing market-ready ingredients critical to meeting our nutritional needs at every phase of life.

Other Biotechnology $10M+

YC S26

Financial Datasets launches at YC (Summer 2026)

Connect your agent to the stock market

Artificial-Intelligence Fintech Stocks YC B2B

Dev Tools

docker.com

Docker Sandboxes | Sandboxes for Coding Agents | Docker

Secure sandboxes for Claude Code, Gemini, Codex, and Kiro. Run coding agents with microVM-based isolation.

AI Agent Infra Sandboxes

developer.meta.com

Muse Glimmer | Meta

An open 30B model for always-on local agents. Runs on a single GPU, Apache 2.0 licensed. Tuned for tool use, long tasks, and failure recovery.

Local Models AI

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