New York City-based Mecka AI, which trains robots with human data sourced from body sensors and iPhones, raised $60M, including a $25M Series A (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

<a href="https://fortune.com/2026/06/01/mecka-ai-series-a-60-million-robotics-data-training/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260601/i44.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260601/p44#a260601p44" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ben Weiss / <a href="http://www.fortune.com/">Fortune</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/06/01/mecka-ai-series-a-60-million-robotics-data-training/">New York City-based Mecka AI, which trains robots with human data sourced from body sensors and iPhones, raised $60M, including a $25M Series A</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Data is the oil of the AI boom&mdash;and the startup Mecka AI hopes to tap the vast reservoir of hand gestures, walking gaits, and immense collection &hellip; </p>