Mecka raises $60M Series B led by Sequoia to collect human motion data for training robots
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-10-09
Robotics data startup Mecka announced a $60M Series B led by Sequoia Capital, with NVIDIA, Microsoft's M12, Qualcomm Ventures, and Samsung joining, plus angels like DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and ex-Tesla Optimus head Milan Kovac.
- Core thesis: robots lack experience, not intelligence—motion, contact, force, and geometry were never recorded on the internet and can't be scraped or licensed
- Mecka records real-world human motion to serve as the data and deployment layer for robotics
- Funds will scale data infrastructure, its internal research lab, and commercial robot deployment
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