{"rows":[{"company":"Simple AI","hq_country":"China","website":"https://simpleai.tech/","status":"active",
"what_it_builds":"Beijing-based general embodied-intelligence robot company (Chinese name 深朴智能 / 简智机器人). Its robot 'Xiaopu' (小朴) is an intelligent service robot piloted in a Beijing hotel (room service, patrol, delivery, cleaning); press does not confirm a wheeled humanoid form, and it also develops the Simple-World model and HiFi-UMI data tools.",
"what_it_builds_source":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260904A09TMU00?id=20260904A09TMU00&path=a&app=news&suid=&redirect_pc=1",
"founded_year":"2024","founded_source":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260904A09TMU00?id=20260904A09TMU00&path=a&app=news&suid=&redirect_pc=1",
"funding_usd":"28089888","funding_basis":"disclosed rounds","funding_source":"https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3541331556659079",
"funding_note":"Summed: seed + seed+ rounds, cumulative RMB 200M, reported 2025-11-07 by 36Kr (https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3541331556659079), press-reported; converted at approx 7.12 RMB/USD (announcement-date approximation, not source-stated) = $28.09M. Excluded because no amount is stated ('hundreds of millions of yuan'): Pre-pre/third round April 2026 (https://m.chinaventure.com.cn/news/114-20260410-390890.html), Pre-A 2026-06-16 led by Didi (https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3855457494373641), Pre-A+ 2026-09-04 (qq news URL above). Total is therefore a lower bound. Latest summed round date is the 2025-11 report. No valuation disclosed.",
"latest_funding_date":"2025-11-07","valuation_usd":null,
"latest_model":"Xiaopu (小朴) intelligent service robot","latest_model_year":null,"latest_model_source":"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260904A09TMU00?id=20260904A09TMU00&path=a&app=news&suid=&redirect_pc=1",
"units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,"units_shipped_note":"No delivered-unit count found; sources mention only a proof-of-concept at one Beijing hotel. Unveiling year of Xiaopu not stated in opened sources.",
"as_of":"2026-11-03"}],"sources":["https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3541331556659079","https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3855457494373641","https://m.chinaventure.com.cn/news/114-20260410-390890.html","https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20260904A09TMU00?id=20260904A09TMU00&path=a&app=news&suid=&redirect_pc=1"]}