Mecka AI，一家专注于收集和分析人类运动数据以训练人形机器人和其他机器人的初创公司，正接近由红杉资本领投的新一轮融资，估值约为5亿美元。该公司在三个月前刚刚宣布完成由Framework Ventures领投的6000万美元融资，新融资的具体规模尚未公布。Mecka AI由四位创始人共同创立，他们认识到现实世界数据对于通用机器人，包括人形机器人，的发展至关重要，并致力于通过收集真实世界交互数据来推动机器人技术的发展。
要点：
1. Mecka AI获得红杉资本领投的新一轮融资，估值近5亿美元。
2. 该公司三个月前刚刚完成由Framework Ventures领投的6000万美元融资。
3. Mecka AI由四位创始人共同创立，他们专注于收集和分析人类运动数据。
4. 公司通过支付人们使用身体传感器和智能手机记录日常任务来收集真实世界数据。
5. 许多机器人公司和AI实验室依赖Mecka AI收集的数据来构建他们的模型。
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal.
The new financing comes just three months after Mecka announced that it raised $60 million in a round led by Framework Ventures that included participation from Menlo Ventures, SV Angel, and Kindred Ventures.
TechCrunch has not learned the precise size of the new round. The terms of the deal are not final and could still change.
Mecka AI didn’t respond to a request for comment. Sequoia declined to comment.
Mecka AI was co-founded in 2024 by four entrepreneurs, including Canadians Josh Gao and Mogen Cheng, who previously built a restaurant fintech startup, and Jason Chong, who joined Coinbase after it acquired his crypto exchange. Duy Nguyen, the only non-Canadian on the team, focuses on operations at Mecka.
The four co-founders don’t have backgrounds in robotics. But they did recognize that there was a dearth of physical-world data and realized that capturing real-world interactions was the primary bottleneck holding back general-purpose robots, including humanoids.
Mecka, which derives its name from “mecha,” a fictional giant robot controlled by humans, set out to do for robotics what Scale AI, Mercor, Surge, and other human data companies have done for LLMs. The startup pays people to record themselves performing everyday tasks — like making coffee or fixing cars — using body sensors and smartphones.
As of early June, Mecka was projecting that it would end 2026 at an annual run rate of $100 million, Gao told Fortune when the startup announced its previous fundraise.
While Mecka AI hasn’t publicly disclosed its customer list, many robotics companies and AI labs rely on real-world data captured through this “egocentric” approach, alongside other physical data collection methods like teleoperation, to build their models.
Other startups collecting real-world data for robot training include XDOF, which TechCrunch reported last week was nearing a new round at a $1.2 billion valuation, as well as human-data platforms expanding beyond LLMs, such as Scale AI and Micro1.
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原文时间：2026-09-12 06:58:17 +08:00
