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Hardware·17h ago·all news from October 7, 2026

Sequoia, Nvidia Back Mecka AI’s Robotics Push

Mecka AI secured $60 million in Series B funding through a round led by Sequoia Capital, with additional participation from Nvidia, Microsoft’s M12, and Qualcomm. The company is developing technology designed to help autonomous robots better perceive and navigate physical environments. This investment highlights continued capital interest in bridging the gap between artificial intelligence and physical robotics, a sector currently constrained by the difficulty of training systems to interact with unpredictable real-world spaces.

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