Robot-data startup MeckaAI nears $500M valuation by paying people to film themselves doing chores
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-09-19
MeckaAI, a human-robot data startup founded by four people with no robotics background, is closing a Sequoia-led round at a $500M valuation, nearly double its value three months ago. Its approach: pay ordinary people to film themselves doing chores with sensors and iPhones, capturing hand poses, grip force, and gaze, then retarget the data to robot policies—claiming 30k+ hours in its Egoverse library. Disclosed ARR is $100M (unaudited), with 1X Technologies as its only verifiable client. The piece also surveys competitors like ScaleAI, Micro1, and China's Mifeng, and the key risk that robot makers like Figure and Tesla build in-house data pipelines.
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