October 24, 2026

Eka Robotics raises $150M for robot hands that feel what they grip

The Cambridge startup says its vision-force-action model picks about 1,500 objects an hour. A $150 million Series A at a $1.45 billion valuation will fund the push into real factories.

• Eka Robotics raised a $150 million Series A at a $1.45 billion post-money valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and F-Prime.
• Its vision-force-action model adds force sensing to cameras, so a robot hand can adjust its grip mid-task.
• Eka says its robots pick about 1,500 objects an hour, against roughly 600 for a human, with more than 95% success.
• Pilots with unnamed industrial customers are running, but the system has not yet proven it can work a full year on a real line.

Why it matters: Eka Robotics raised a $150 million Series A at a $1.45 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and F-Prime, for a model that lets robot hands sense grip force as well as see. The company says its robots pick about 1,500 objects an hour with over 95% success, against roughly 600 for a human. Pilots with unnamed industrial customers are underway, and the money goes to more tasks and faster deployments.