Eka Robotics raises $150M to push physical AI
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TechCrunch reported on October 20, 2026 that Eka Robotics closed a $150 million Series A led by a16z and F-Prime, at a $1.45 billion post-money valuation. Its grasping stack combines force-sensing grippers, a vision-force-action model and simulation-based reinforcement learning. The company says its robots grasp about 1,500 objects weighing up to 1 kg per hour with a success rate above 95%; those figures come from the company.
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- TechCrunch · AIEka is worth $1.45B thanks to a physical AI model that has experts raving
Eka Robotics 完成由 a16z 和 F-Prime 领投的 $150 million A 轮融资，投后估值达 $1.45 billion。其抓取架构结合力传感夹爪、vision-force-action 模型与仿真强化学习，公司称机器人每小时可抓取约 1,500 个重量不超过 1 kg 的物体，抓取成功率超过 95%。
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