Robot Data Startup Mecka AI Nears Sequoia-Led Round at ~$500M Valuation
快鲤鱼 · wechat · 2026-09-15
Mecka AI, founded in 2024 by four non-robotics founders, is closing a Sequoia-led round at $500M—nearly double its valuation three months ago. It pays people to record themselves doing everyday tasks with sensor gloves and iPhones, converting footage into robot training data (30k+ hour Egoverse library, lossy retargeting to robot grippers), with $100M annualized ARR and 1X Technologies as its only verifiable customer. The piece frames the bigger contest: XDOF, Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, plus closed loops at Figure (Index: 16M videos, $15M paid) and Tesla may crowd out third-party data vendors entirely.
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