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Skild AI · Physical AI

Powering the robotic brain of the future.

Skild AI builds the Skild Brain. STN runs everything underneath it.

Skild AI is building the world’s first general-purpose, real-time robotic intelligence. STN is the infrastructure partner behind it: simulation, training and deployment, from the data center to a live warehouse floor.

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01The company

Redefining what robots can think and do.

Skild AI is one of the most ambitious AI companies in the world, creating a general-purpose “Skild Brain” that can learn, adapt, and operate across any robotic form factor or scenario. Unlike pre-programmed automation, the Skild Brain fuses digital and physical intelligence in real time, so robotic systems can make agentic decisions at the edge.

Backed by leading investors and named to the Forbes AI 50, Skild AI is shaping the future of AI agents in physical environments like construction, manufacturing, and security.

Deepak PathakCo-founder & CEO

Abhinav GuptaCo-founder & President

02The problem

From public cloud to purpose-built performance.

As Skild AI scaled, public cloud infrastructure couldn’t keep pace with the demands of high-speed robotic simulation, real-time LLM inference, and multi-modal model training. They needed performance, control, and operational continuity. Not oversubscription and support tickets.

That’s where STN came in.

03What we built

A customized AI cloud, built for robotic intelligence.

Working closely with Skild’s founders and engineering team, STN helped architect and now operates the cloud infrastructure behind the Skild Brain, from training in NVIDIA Isaac Lab to deployment across real-world robotic systems. This tailored AI-as-a-service platform includes:

High-speed simulation clusters

For iterative learning and task generalization.

LLM inference nodes

Optimized for real-time decisioning.

Scalable GPU infrastructure

For continuous model training as complexity grows.

Secure, compliant environment

For proprietary R&D.

04Engineering wins

Real engineering wins along the way.

SIMULATION AT SPEED

Faster robot learning loops

Custom-tuned GPU environments optimized for Isaac Sim helped Skild accelerate robot learning loops and task generalization.

ZERO-DOWNTIME TRANSITION

A seamless cutover from public cloud

STN orchestrated the move off public cloud infrastructure with no disruption to training or deployment.

SCALE WITHOUT BOTTLENECKS

LLM workloads that kept growing

STN’s NVIDIA HGX infrastructure, supported by 10MW-capable Tier IV facilities, let Skild scale LLM workloads as model complexity increased.

06On the floor

People do the picking. The robots do the walking.

In October 2026 the STN team spent a day at the Skild AI demo center in San Jose, training hands-on and watching the robots work a live floor.

For warehouse, DC and 3PL leaders, it comes down to two numbers: throughput and cost per pick. Both are dragged down by the same thing. Workers in large facilities can spend over half their shift walking, up to 15 miles a day, and every one of those steps is paid labor that ships nothing.

15 miWalked per worker, per day, in a large facility

2–3×Lines per hour from the same picking team

More picks per labor hour means a lower cost per pick, without rebuilding the warehouse or bolting conveyors to the floor.

All of it runs on Skild’s Symmetry software and re-routes in minutes when the operation changes. More to come.

SKILD FULFILLMENT

Robots carry the carts

A wearable tells pickers exactly what to grab next. Pickers stay in the aisles, so the same team delivers 2x to 3x the lines per hour.

SKILD ROLLER

Totes to conveyor, on its own

Collects totes at the end of the aisle and loads them onto conveyors without a person in the loop.

SKILD CONNECT

Lifts a full cart, delivers it anywhere

Slides under a loaded cart, lifts it, and takes it anywhere on the floor.

07Under the hood

Enterprise-grade AI infrastructure. Operated by STN.

Core specs

NVIDIA A6000, L40S, H200 and HGX B200 clusters
CoreSite Tier IV data center (10MW+)
400Gbps fabric with zero oversubscription
HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001 compliant
FedRAMP in motion

Services provided

White-glove onboarding and DevOps
Custom VPCs and security integration
Auto-scaling for robotics workloads
Simulation and inference optimization
24/7 expert support and observability tools

HIPAASOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMP · in motion

08Why STN

Skild isn’t just an exciting company. They’re a blueprint for what’s next in AI.

Their decision to partner with STN signals to the market that when performance, flexibility, and reliability matter, STN delivers.

Whether you’re building autonomous agents, embodied AI, or next-gen robotic intelligence, STN offers a platform proven in real-world production. Get infrastructure designed for your simulation, training, and deployment needs, with concierge-level support, not chaos.

Bring your robotics stack to life.

Skild AI builds the brain. STN runs everything underneath it. Let’s talk about yours.

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