{"rows":[{"company":"Zerith","hq_country":"China","website":"https://zerith.ai","status":"active","what_it_builds":"Hefei Zerith (合肥零次方, Zero Square Robotics) builds the ZERITH-H1, a wheeled humanoid with a humanoid upper body on a mobile base, aimed at commercial service work such as hotel room cleaning; it also launched the Z1 humanoid. Website URL is unverified (site unreachable from this machine).","what_it_builds_source":"https://equalocean.com/news/2026070722006-hefei-zerith-delivers-humanoid-robots-malaysia-marking-first-overseas-shipment/amp","founded_year":"2025","founded_source":"https://36kr.jp/370082/","funding_usd":"13908206","funding_basis":"disclosed rounds","funding_source":"https://36kr.jp/370082/","funding_note":"Summed: Angel+ and Angel++ rounds, reported Jul-Aug 2025, about CNY 100 million combined (36Kr Japan, press-reported; https://36kr.jp/370082/), converted at 7.19 CNY/USD, the rate Yicai states in the same period (CNY100m = USD13.9m; https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-robotics-startup-zerith-bags-tens-of-millions-of-us-dollars-in-angel-funds). Exact day not stated; latest_funding_date is the 36Kr article date 2025-08-31. Excluded: February 2025 angel round, 'tens of millions of yuan' with no exact amount. Yicai describes the latest round as 'hundreds of millions of yuan', which conflicts with 36Kr's ~CNY100m; the lower, specific figure is used, so the total may be understated. No valuation found; Dealroom figures not used.","latest_funding_date":"2025-08-31","valuation_usd":null,"latest_model":"ZERITH-H1 (wheeled humanoid)","latest_model_year":"2025","latest_model_source":"https://equalocean.com/news/2026070722006-hefei-zerith-delivers-humanoid-robots-malaysia-marking-first-overseas-shipment/amp","units_shipped":"3","units_shipped_source":"https://equalocean.com/news/2026070722006-hefei-zerith-delivers-humanoid-robots-malaysia-marking-first-overseas-shipment/amp","units_shipped_note":"Three ZERITH-H1 units handed over to a Malaysian laboratory on 5 July 2026 (first overseas delivery). This is not a cumulative total. Domestic deliveries are not published as a count. Latest-model year 2025 is approximate: the unveil date was not confirmed from an opened page.","as_of":"2026-11-03"}],"sources":["https://36kr.jp/370082/","https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-robotics-startup-zerith-bags-tens-of-millions-of-us-dollars-in-angel-funds","https://equalocean.com/news/2026070722006-hefei-zerith-delivers-humanoid-robots-malaysia-marking-first-overseas-shipment/amp"]}