{
  "id": 12750669,
  "title": "Sequoia leads $60m round for robot-data startup Mecka AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/sequoia-leads-60m-round-for-robot-data-startup-mecka-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-08T00:51:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tech in Asia",
    "slug": "tech-in-asia",
    "url": "https://www.techinasia.com/news/sequoia-leads-60m-robotdata-startup-mecka-ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mecka AI has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia. The startup collects and analyzes human motion data to train robots.\n\nMecka AI pays people to record themselves doing everyday tasks, such as making coffee or fixing cars, while wearing body sensors and using smartphones. This data is used to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots.\n\nThe funding round included participation from Nvidia and Microsoft’s venture fund M12, among others. Mecka AI aims to provide the human-generated data that robots learn from, similar to how companies like Scale AI and Mercor supply data for large language models.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/robot-data-startup-mecka-ai-nabs-60m-from-sequoia",
        "published": "2026-10-07T23:36:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}