Robotics startup Eka raises $150M Series A betting on force-centric VFA model
pulkitology · x · 2026-10-20
Eka Robotics announced a $150M Series A. The founder frames the frontier tension as generality vs. performance and claims Eka's Vision-Force-Action (VFA) model breaks the tradeoff.
Three core convictions: force is the language of manipulation, RL is how dexterous manipulation scales, and fast, reliable System-1 physical execution is the bottleneck to solve. Funds go to scaling the model and customer deployments.
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