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      "company": "Andromeda Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://andromedarobotics.ai/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Builds Abi and its Genesis Abi generation, AI-powered humanoid companions for conversation, group activities and social connection in aged care and assisted living. The company originated in Melbourne, Australia, but now lists San Francisco as its headquarters: https://www.linkedin.com/company/andromedarobotics .",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://andromedarobotics.ai/product",
      "founded_year": "2022",
      "founded_source": "https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?id=24658443620",
      "funding_usd": "17893176",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://andromedarobotics.ai/post/series-a-funding-news-fuel-for-our-zero-loneliness-vision",
      "funding_note": "Announcement dates: 2022-07-22 Startmate accelerator A$120k (press-reported date); 2022-23 pre-seed/angel funding disclosed 2023-11-06 A$1m (A$500k Galileo+A$500k angel): https://andromedarobotics.ai/post/andromeda-abi-robot-forbes . 2024-06-18 seed A$3m, press-reported: https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/andromeda-robotics-raises-3-million-seed-humanoid-robot-abi/ . 2025-09-09 Series A A$23m: https://andromedarobotics.ai/post/series-a-funding-news-fuel-for-our-zero-loneliness-vision . USD/AUD at those announcement dates: 0.6948/0.6503/0.6652/0.6593 (Fed H.10 URLs in sources). Treating Galileo's A$300k/>A$500k reports as overlapping pre-seed disclosures, not extra rounds; A$10k prize excluded (non-equity). Valuation A$100m after the 2025-09-09 raise, converted at 0.6593: https://www.forbes.com.au/news/entrepreneurs/andromedas-animated-approach-to-100m-abi-and-ai/ .",
      "latest_funding_date": "2025-09-09",
      "valuation_usd": "65930000",
      "latest_model": "Genesis Abi",
      "latest_model_year": "2025",
      "latest_model_source": "https://helloleaders.com.au/article/genesis-abi-the-next-leap-in-emotionally-intelligent-companionship",
      "units_shipped": "22",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/andromeda-increases-warehouse-size-scale-abi-robot-production/",
      "units_shipped_note": "Customer-specific cumulative deployment reported on 2026-06-11: 22 Abi humanoid companions living full-time across mecwacare's Victorian residential homes; the rollout was completed in April 2026. This is an installed customer fleet, not worldwide shipments or a production target; no precise company-wide cumulative delivery count was found.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://andromedarobotics.ai/",
    "https://andromedarobotics.ai/product",
    "https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?id=24658443620",
    "https://andromedarobotics.ai/post/andromeda-abi-robot-forbes",
    "https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/accelerator/startmates-winter-cohort-is-backing-a-majority-of-female-founders-for-the-first-time/",
    "https://channellife.com.au/story/melbourne-s-andromeda-robotics-trials-ai-companion-robot-in-aged-care",
    "https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/andromeda-robotics-raises-3-million-seed-humanoid-robot-abi/",
    "https://andromedarobotics.ai/post/series-a-funding-news-fuel-for-our-zero-loneliness-vision",
    "https://www.forbes.com.au/news/entrepreneurs/andromedas-animated-approach-to-100m-abi-and-ai/",
    "https://www.startmate.com/accelerator",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20220725/",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20231113/",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20240624/",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20250915/",
    "https://andromedarobotics.ai/post/genesis-abi-officially-launches-and-rolls-into-more-mecwacare-homes",
    "https://helloleaders.com.au/article/genesis-abi-the-next-leap-in-emotionally-intelligent-companionship",
    "https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/andromeda-increases-warehouse-size-scale-abi-robot-production/",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/andromedarobotics",
    "https://galileo.ventures/post/hello-andromeda-companion-robots-for-future-friendships",
    "https://vcdownunder.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-abi-the-companion-robot"
  ]
}