Key facts
- Mecka AI raised $60 million in a Series B funding round.
- Sequoia Capital led the funding round, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft's M12, Qualcomm Ventures, and Samsung.
- The startup collects human motion data using body sensors and smartphones to train robots.
- Mecka AI surpassed $100 million in run-rate revenue in June 2026.
- The company projects a $300 million run rate by the end of 2026.
Mecka AI, a startup focused on digitizing the physical world for robot training, announced on October 7, 2026, that it has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Sequoia Capital and included participation from new investors such as Nvidia, Microsoft's venture fund M12, Qualcomm Ventures, and Samsung. Existing investors Kindred Ventures, Framework Ventures, and Neo also continued their support.
The company aims to provide the essential real-world data required to train humanoid and other types of robots, addressing what it identifies as the biggest bottleneck in the robotics industry. Mecka AI collects data by paying individuals to record everyday tasks using body sensors and smartphones, converting this motion, contact, force, and geometry data into structured signals for robot learning.
Mecka AI stated that it surpassed $100 million in run-rate revenue in June 2026 and projects reaching a $300 million run rate by the end of the year. The newly raised capital will be used to scale its data infrastructure, deepen its internal research lab, and build out its commercial robot deployment layer.
TechCrunch had previously reported that Mecka AI was nearing a new funding round at a valuation of approximately $500 million. The company was founded in 2024 and aims to replicate the success of data-labeling companies like Scale AI and Mercor in the LLM space, but for robotics.