Mecka AI is a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data for training humanoid robots and other types of robots. The company announced that it has completed a $60 million Series B financing round, led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft's venture capital firm M12, and other investors.
TechCrunch Previous reports indicated that this startup was close to completing a new round of financing with a valuation of $500 million.
Mecka AI was established in 2024. The company hopes to replicate the achievements of data annotation companies such as Scale AI, Mercor, and Surge in the field of large language models in the robotics sector. The aforementioned companies provide the human-generated data necessary for these systems to learn from.
Mecka will pay people to wear body sensors and use smartphones to record their completion of daily tasks, such as making coffee or repairing cars.
Other startups that collect real-world data for robot training include XDOF. According to reports prior to TechCrunch, XDOF was in negotiations to complete a Series B financing with a valuation of $1.2 billion at that time. Human data platforms that initially started in the field of large language models are also expanding into the robotics domain, such as Scale AI and Micro1.
