Mecka AI Raises $60M Series B for Robotics Push

Mecka AI raised $60 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft's M12 and Qualcomm. The company builds tech to help robots understand and operate in the physical world; CEO Josh Gao said scaling physical AI requires major investment in sensors, infrastructure and real-world data collection.

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