Robotics startup Eka raises $150m to advance physical AI
The startup founded by MIT and Google DeepMind veterans raised $150 million to advance force-sensitive robotic hands that handle delicate tasks without crushing items.
Eka Robotics raised $150 million in a Series A round led by a16z and F-Prime, valuing the firm at $1.45 billion.
The arm handles roughly 1,500 objects per hour weighing up to 1 kg, beating the human pace of roughly 600 items.
The company uses a vision-force-action model trained via simulated reinforcement learning instead of teleoperation data.
The system achieves over 95 percent grasp reliability and adjusts delicate pressure dynamically.