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Launch · 8 October 2026Inner Sky LabsPhysical AI, Miko maker

Inner Sky Labs launches physical AI foundation models

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LaunchAI & Deep TechMumbaiFounded 2015
  • Inner Sky Labs is a Mumbai company that makes the Miko companion robots for children and now builds AI for machines
  • It has unveiled its own foundation models, large AI systems meant to help robots see, hear, act and stay safe
  • Machine makers can license the models instead of building costly AI themselves, which widens the company's business beyond selling toy robots

What happened

  • Inner Sky Labs unveiled a set of foundation models for physical AI.
  • The models cover vision, audio, touch, action and safety.
  • They are built to work with different robot hardware.

Why it matters

  • Robot makers can license ready models instead of training their own.
  • It extends the firm from consumer robots into a platform business.

The business

  • The company makes Miko companion robots for children.
  • It sells them in many countries.
  • It now also offers AI models to other machine makers.

The founders

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Sneh Vaswani

Co-founder and CEO
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  • IIT Bombay graduate

Words to know

Foundation model
A large AI system trained on broad data that can be adapted to many tasks.

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