Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia
Mecka AI, a startup focused on collecting human motion data for robot training, has secured a $60 million Series B funding round. The investment was led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Nvidia and Microsoft’s venture fund M12. The company aims to provide essential real-world data for humanoid robots, similar to how data-labeling firms support large language models.
- ▪Mecka AI raised a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital.
- ▪The funding round included participation from Nvidia and Microsoft’s venture fund M12.
- ▪The startup was previously reported to be nearing a new funding round at a $500 million valuation.
- ▪Mecka AI pays individuals to record everyday tasks using body sensors and smartphones to generate training data for robots.
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In Brief Posted: 4:36 PM PDT · October 7, 2026 Image Credits:J Studios / Getty Images Marina Temkin Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots, announced it has raised a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, and others. TechCrunch had previously reported that the startup was nearing a new funding round at a $500 million valuation. Founded in 2024, the startup intends to do for robotics what Scale AI, Mercor, Surge, and other data-labeling companies have done for LLMs. Those companies supply the human-generated data these systems learn from.
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