{"rows":[{"company":"Elite Robots","hq_country":"China","website":"https://www.elibot.com/","status":"active","what_it_builds":"Suzhou-based cobot maker whose humanoid line is the Centaur-G1 wheeled humanoid (humanoid upper body with dual precision arms on an omnidirectional wheeled base), designed for high-end precision manufacturing.","what_it_builds_source":"https://www.sipac.gov.cn/szgyyqenglish/News/202606/6768a182bf4e40f691a287a9613f9a03.shtml","founded_year":"2016","founded_source":"https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/hkstock/ggscyd/2026-10-28/doc-iniwukpx9555738.shtml","funding_usd":"120488556","funding_basis":"disclosed rounds","funding_source":"https://www.elibot.com/about/news/170","funding_note":"Summed: 2018-01 Series A CNY 50M (https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/developer/news/541805, press-reported, ~6.4 CNY/USD = $7.81M); 2026-03-25 Series D+ CNY 600M (https://www.elibot.com/about/news/170, company release); 2026-10-28 Series D+ CNY 200M led by CCB equity (https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/hkstock/ggscyd/2026-10-28/doc-iniwukpx9555738.shtml, press-reported). 2026 rounds converted at approx. 7.1 CNY/USD (approximate announcement-period rate; sources state no rate). Excluded: 2019-08 Series B 'hundred-million-yuan level' (no exact amount); a reported CNY 200M B1 round (source page returned 404, not verified); C/C1/C+/D rounds (amounts not disclosed in sources opened). No valuation disclosed.","latest_funding_date":"2026-10-28","valuation_usd":null,"latest_model":"Centaur-G1","latest_model_year":"2026","latest_model_source":"https://www.sipac.gov.cn/szgyyqenglish/News/202606/6768a182bf4e40f691a287a9613f9a03.shtml","units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,"units_shipped_note":"No published humanoid unit count. Company figures (nearly 10,000 / nearly 20,000 cumulative) refer to cobots, not humanoids.","as_of":"2026-11-03"}],"sources":["https://www.sipac.gov.cn/szgyyqenglish/News/202606/6768a182bf4e40f691a287a9613f9a03.shtml","https://www.elibot.com/about/news/170","https://finance.sina.com.cn/stock/hkstock/ggscyd/2026-10-28/doc-iniwukpx9555738.shtml","https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/developer/news/541805"]}
