Mecka AI Nears $500M Valuation in Sequoia-Led Deal Amid Rush for Robot Training Data
On 11 September 2026 TechCrunch reported that Mecka AI, the Toronto and New York startup that pays people to record everyday tasks with body sensors and iPhones, is nearing a Sequoia-led round at about a $500 million valuation. The round size is unknown and the terms are not final. We read the report, the June funding coverage, Mecka AI’s own site, the EgoVerse paper it co-authored, the dataset explorer it hosts and the hiring page, and counted what agrees, what disagrees and what nobody has said.