Eka Robotics Completes $150 Million Series A Funding, Valued at $1.45 Billion

Eka Robotics has completed a $150 million Series A funding round, with a post-money valuation of $1.45 billion, led by a16z and F-Prime. The company was founded by MIT professor Pulkit Agrawal and former Google DeepMind researcher Tuomas Haarnoja, developing dexterous grippers and a "vision-force-action" model, primarily relying on physical simulation for reinforcement learning training. Eka states that its robots can grasp approximately 1,500 items weighing under 1 kilogram per hour, with a success rate exceeding 95%. The cost of the gripper is under $1,000, with a rated lifespan of 5 million cycles. The company is currently piloting picking and cable handling operations with several industrial clients.

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