# Jason Chong: CTO, Mecka

Canonical ID: `44cce2e9-0b6c-4b10-ab29-3a5813af8078`

Co-founder and CTO of [Mecka AI](/companies/mecka.md). Previously co-founded [Utopia Labs](/companies/utopia-labs.md), onchain payments infrastructure seeded by [Kindred Ventures](/investors/kindred-ventures.md) in 2021 and acquired by [Coinbase](/companies/coinbase.md) in late 2024. Industry-partner co-author on the EgoVerse dataset paper.

- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Mecka](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mecka.md) Co-founder & CTO (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (2)

- [Mecka](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mecka.md) (cofounder)
- [Utopia Labs](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/utopia-labs.md) (cofounder) _no longer at company_

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Co-founders (3)

- [Josh Gao](https://registry.deploy.report/people/josh-gao-mecka-ai.md) co-founded [Mecka](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mecka.md)
- [Mogen Cheng](https://registry.deploy.report/people/mogen-cheng-mecka-ai.md) co-founded [Mecka](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mecka.md)
- [Duy Nguyen](https://registry.deploy.report/people/duy-nguyen-mecka-ai.md) co-founded [Mecka](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mecka.md)

## Sources (2)

1. https://kindredventures.com/announcement/mecka-creating-the-data-corpus-for-physical-ai/
2. https://fortune.com/2026/06/01/mecka-ai-series-a-60-million-robotics-data-training/


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