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      "hq_country": "South Korea",
      "website": "https://rainbow-robotics.com/",
      "status": "acquired",
      "what_it_builds": "Samsung Electronics-controlled, KOSDAQ-listed Rainbow Robotics builds its own humanoid platforms with HUBO lineage, including the mobile dual-arm RB-Y1 and RB-Y2. RB-Y1 supports robotics and AI research; RB-Y2 extends the platform toward manufacturing and industrial work.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://rainbow-robotics.com/en/products/mobile-humanoid/rb-y-series/",
      "founded_year": "2011",
      "founded_source": "https://kind.krx.co.kr/external/2021/03/26/000704/20210326001881/11011.htm",
      "funding_usd": "90174572",
      "funding_basis": "public company",
      "funding_source": "https://kind.krx.co.kr/external/2025/03/21/000820/20250321003184/11011.htm",
      "funding_note": "KRW billions: 2011-02-10 formation .01; 2014-03-18 rights .1; 2017-07-29 pre-IPO 10.017; 2020-07-02 preferred 1.999998 (https://kind.krx.co.kr/external/2021/03/26/000704/20210326001881/11011.htm). 2021-01-29 IPO 26.5+underwriter .795; 2021-05-04 warrants 2.65; 2021-11-12 preferred 6.999967392; 2023-01-12 Samsung placement 58.98208 (https://kind.krx.co.kr/external/2025/03/21/000820/20250321003184/11011.htm). FX: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/DEXKOUS; announcement dates 2017-08-04/2021-01-21/2021-05-04/2023-01-03:1128.02/1097.91/1122.05/1271.10; unavailable announcement dates for 2011/2014/2020: issue-date rates 1120.90/1068.50/1199.84. 2021 preferred uses press-reported $5.9m https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211104011800320. Excluded: 2021 KRW18bn convertible debt; conversions/splits; Samsung secondary purchases KRW27.8bn (2023-03), KRW267.463bn (2024-12). Market cap ~$5.09bn, 2026-11-03 https://companiesmarketcap.com/rainbow-robotics/marketcap/.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2023-01-12",
      "valuation_usd": "5090000000",
      "latest_model": "RB-Y2",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://kidd.co.kr/news/245649",
      "units_shipped": "300",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://kidd.co.kr/news/245649",
      "units_shipped_note": "Approximately 300 RB-Y1 mobile humanoid units supplied cumulatively to research sites worldwide, according to a Rainbow Robotics representative quoted on 2026-04-13. This is an approximate delivered/supplied count, not an exact total; it excludes HUBO and RB-Y2.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
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    "https://rainbow-robotics.com/",
    "https://rainbow-robotics.com/en/company/contact-location/",
    "https://rainbow-robotics.com/en/company/about/",
    "https://rainbow-robotics.com/en/products/mobile-humanoid/rb-y-series/",
    "https://rainbow-robotics.com/en/products/rb-y2/",
    "https://kidd.co.kr/news/245649",
    "https://kind.krx.co.kr/external/2021/03/26/000704/20210326001881/11011.htm",
    "https://kind.krx.co.kr/external/2025/03/21/000820/20250321003184/11011.htm",
    "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/DEXKOUS",
    "https://www.thebell.co.kr/front/newsview.asp?key=201708040100008550000509",
    "https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20210121001044",
    "https://rainbow-robotics.com/company/ir/?mod=document&rbn_sort=oldest&uid=61",
    "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20211104011800320",
    "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230103001000320",
    "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230316003900320",
    "https://images.samsung.com/is/content/samsung/assets/global/ir/docs/2025_con_quarter03_all.pdf",
    "https://companiesmarketcap.com/rainbow-robotics/marketcap/"
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