Mecka AI approaches $500M valuation in new Sequoia-led funding round

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Mecka AI, a two-year-old startup, is closing in on a $500 million valuation through a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The deal comes just months after the company announced its Series A financing. Mecka operates in the robot training data space, a sector seeing growing investor interest. The funding reflects a broader rush among investors to back companies supplying data used to train robotic AI systems.

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