Eka is tackling a central robotics bottleneck: combining generality with the speed, accuracy and force-aware safety needed for real physical work, using a Vision-Force-Action model trained through simulation and reinforcement learning. Its $150 million Series A, which TechCrunch says values it at $1.45 billion post-money, will fund model scaling and customer deployments while industrial pilots test whether the company’s reported 1,500 operations per hour and more-than-95% pickup reliability translate from demonstrations to production.