Mecka AI

Mecka AI provides large-scale, high-quality human movement data to train artificial intelligence and robotics systems. The Toronto-based company, founded in 2024 by CEO Josh Gao, CTO Jason Chong, COO Duy Nguyen, and CPO Mogen Cheng, 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.

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.

Keywords: human movement data, robotics training, AI data, autonomous systems, data-as-a-service, video data analysis, multimodal datasets, embodied AI, machine learning data, humanoid robotics, data labeling, data annotation, sensor data, computer vision, AI development, physical AI, data acquisition, action recognition, behavior modeling, AI training data