Mecka AI nears a $500M valuation three months after its $60M Series A, paying people to wear sensors
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Sequoia is leading a round valuing Mecka AI at about $500 million, roughly three months after its June 2026 $60M Series A led by Framework Ventures. Founded in 2024 by Josh Gao, Mogen Cheng, Jason Chong and Duy Nguyen, none from robotics backgrounds, Mecka pays people to record themselves doing everyday tasks with body sensors and phones, then trains egocentric models on that data. It projected a $100M annual run rate by year end as of June. Competitors include XDOF at a $1.2B valuation, Scale AI and Micro1.