Mecka AI has raised a $60 million Series B led by Sequoia, the robotics-data company confirms on its website. TechCrunch reported the announcement on October 7 and named Nvidia and Microsoft's venture fund M12 among the participants.

The funding closes a development previously reported as an unfinished deal. In September, TechCrunch said Mecka was nearing financing at about a $500 million valuation. The new report repeats that earlier figure as background, rather than identifying it as the confirmed valuation of the completed round.

Human activity as robot-training data

Founded in 2024, Mecka collects and analyzes human motion data for training humanoid and other robots. According to TechCrunch, it pays contributors to record everyday activities, including making coffee and repairing cars, using smartphones and body sensors.

Mecka describes its role as a data and integration provider, not a robot manufacturer. Its services include dataset access, task-specific collection, model evaluations and programs spanning different environments.

The company's Egoverse dataset captures first-person human activity across tasks and spaces, with a focus on how people move, manipulate objects and complete work. Mecka says useful training material requires annotation, context, quality assurance and evaluation, not just raw video.

Infrastructure, not a robot launch

The concrete development is new financing for that data business. Neither the funding announcement on Mecka's site nor TechCrunch's report establishes improved robot performance or a new commercial deployment. The distinction matters: collecting demonstrations supplies training inputs, while proving reliable behavior in real workplaces remains a separate task.