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Jason Chong

Founder · MMecka
About Jason

Jason Chong is a co-founder of Mecka, a company that builds data, evaluation, and deployment infrastructure for robots and embodied AI. Mecka collects and analyzes human motion data to train AI and robotics systems by paying people to record themselves doing everyday tasks while wearing body sensors and using smartphones. Prior to Mecka, Chong co-founded Utopia Labs, a company specializing in on-chain payment infrastructure, which was acquired by Coinbase. He then joined Coinbase after the acquisition.

Strengths: founder archetype

Repeat founderTechnical builderDomain operator
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Why repeat founder

Jason Chong has founded multiple companies, demonstrating a pattern of entrepreneurial ventures. His background in building payment infrastructure and then transitioning to robotics data infrastructure suggests a technical aptitude and an ability to operate within different domains.

The signals behind it 4
  • Jason Chong's cryptocurrency exchange was acquired by Coinbase, and he joined Coinbase afterwards.Repeat founder · Domain operator
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  • Chong's previous company was called Utopia Labs, which specialized in building on-chain payment infrastructure and was acquired by Coinbase at the end of 2024.Repeat founder · Technical builder · Domain operator
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  • None of the four people have ever worked on robots.Domain operator
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  • Jason Chong, who joined Coinbase after it acquired his cryptocurrency exchangeRepeat founder · Domain operator
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PATH · 4 MILESTONES

Jason Chong | Fintech to Robotics Data Infrastructure

2024 → 2026·1phases·nowCOINBASE
202420252026Coinbase, 2024–now | COINBASE |2024: Utopia Labs acquired by Coinbase | ACQUIRED BY COINBASE | Aug 14, 2025: Mecka raised $8M (Seed), led by Neo. $8M SEED · AUG '25 Jun 2, 2026: Mecka raised $60M (Series A), led by Framework Ventures. $60M SERIES A · JUN '26 Oct 7, 2026: Mecka raised $60M (Series B+), led by Sequoia. $60M SERIES B+ · OCT '26

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Background

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  • Role Founder
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  • Previous Company Utopia Labs
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  • Nationality Canadian
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Interviews and coverage

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How this is researched

Researched from public pages: press, interviews, the company's site and the founder's own posts. Each source logo links the page that states the row; anything we couldn't source is left out. The archetype is our reading of that record, from a fixed set so founders can be compared. Updated Oct 12, 2026.

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