In Summary. Posted:. 4:36 PM PDT, October 7, 2026. Mecka AI, a startup specializing in gathering and analyzing human movement data to train humanoid and various other robots, revealed that it has secured a $60 million Series B funding round, which was spearheaded by Sequoia. The round also included participation from Nvidia, Microsoft’s venture capital fund M12, and other investors. TechCrunch had reported that the startup was close to a new funding round with a valuation of $500 million. Established in 2024, the startup aims to revolutionize robotics, similar to what Scale AI, Mercor, Surge, and other data-labeling companies have achieved for LLMs. The firms provide the data derived from humans that these systems acquire knowledge from. Mecka compensates individuals to document themselves completing regular activities, such as brewing coffee or repairing vehicles, with body sensors and smartphones in use. Other businesses that gather real-world data for robot instruction encompass XDOF, which was reportedly considering a Series B funding round at a valuation of $1.2 billion as per TechCrunch’s prior coverage. Platforms that started with Large Language Models are now extending their reach into robotics, like Scale AI and Micro1.
