Mecka announced that it has raised $60 million in funding as it looks to become the data and deployment layer for physical AI. The company said the new capital will be used to scale its data infrastructure, expand into new industry verticals, and accelerate the deployment of robots in real-world environments.
In a LinkedIn announcement, Mecka Co-Founder and CEO Josh Gao said the company was founded on the belief that robotics was approaching a major inflection point driven by the convergence of advancing model performance, increasingly capable hardware, and growing commercial demand.
According to Gao, the key challenge for the next phase of robotics development is scaling real-world experience. Mecka aims to address that challenge by building the data, evaluation, and deployment infrastructure needed to help robots reliably perform practical tasks in commercial settings.
The company positions itself as a critical infrastructure layer for physical AI, helping bridge the gap between advances in artificial intelligence and real-world robotic deployment. Mecka believes generalized robotics systems that can operate dependably across environments will become one of the most important technologies of the coming decades, with the potential to improve productivity, quality of life, and economic opportunity.
The funding announcement comes as investor interest in physical AI and robotics continues to grow, fueled by advances in foundation models, autonomous systems, and the increasing demand for automation across industries.
Mecka also highlighted its engineering-focused culture, noting that team members work directly with large-scale datasets and infrastructure as the company builds technology designed to accelerate the adoption of commercial robotics.
