M
Mecka AI
Human movement data capture for AI robotics
About Mecka AI
Mecka AI provides large-scale, high-quality human movement data to train artificial intelligence and robotics systems. The company captures and analyzes video of people performing various tasks to create custom, labeled datasets for businesses. This data is used by companies, including those in humanoid robotics like early partner 1x Technologies, to accelerate the development of autonomous systems.
Read full description
The company's business model involves building bespoke multimodal datasets for clients by tapping into a global network to record specific functions. This process provides anonymized, richly annotated, and quality-vetted videos ready for ingestion by AI models. For individuals who participate in the data collection, Mecka offers a gig economy-style opportunity to earn extra income by filming themselves performing tasks like making coffee or cooking. The company initially had roots in cryptocurrency, exploring tokenomics to decentralize data collection.
In August 2025, Mecka AI announced it had raised an $8 million seed funding round led by Neo, with participation from investors including SV Angel and Offline VC. The founders, while not having traditional robotics backgrounds, approached the market with a fresh perspective. CEO Josh Gao previously co-founded a software startup for ghost kitchens which was acquired in 2023.
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Employees
- 59
- Open positions
- 35
- Dealroom signal
- 90.4/100
- Industry
- Robotics
- Sector
- Robotics, Autonomous Mobility, Synthetic Data
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 1 company, latest Jun 2026
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Knowledge graph
More headlines
Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES AOther financing | Jun 2026 | $35M | $140M | SV Angel · Menlo Ventures · Kindred Ventures · Framework Ventures | ↗ |
| SERIES AOther financing | Nov 2025 | $25M | $100M | SV Angel · Menlo Ventures · Kindred Ventures · Framework Ventures | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Mecka AI is 33K monthly website visits, up 83.3% over the last three months. Mecka AI's team grew 555.6% over the past year.
Open positions
Similar companies
Company identity and context are open; selected comparison metrics preview what is available on the platform.
Investments and acquisitions
Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed4 investors entered at this stage
Offline Ventures
Framework Ventures
Mechanism Capital
A* Capital
Series A3 investors entered at this stage
SV Angel
Menlo Ventures
Kindred Ventures
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Global footprint
team presence
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Mecka AI on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
See Mecka AI’s full profile on Dealroom
Request a free trial to see the complete deal history, financials, people graph and growth signals.
Takes under a minute. Already use Dealroom? Log in.