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      "website": "https://zeals.ai/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "ZEALS designs and assembles the D1, a compact wheeled, dual-arm service humanoid for indoor workplaces. It targets reception, guidance, transport and task assistance in hospitals, elder-care facilities, hotels, manufacturing and logistics sites.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2130881.html",
      "founded_year": "2014",
      "founded_source": "https://zeals.ai/about",
      "funding_usd": "43943172",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://zeals.ai/news/20220512",
      "funding_note": "Equity: 2016-08-10 JPY 5m common https://mst.monex.co.jp/pc/pdfroot/public/100/3/2021/12/9255001.pdf; 2017-05-18 JPY 81.7m common https://techcrunchjapan.com/2017/05/18/zeals-fanp/; 2018-01-29 JPY 415.8m B preferred https://zeals.ai/news/finance-20180129; 2019-04-01 JPY 345.6m C preferred https://zeals.ai/news/finance-20190401; 2021-04-01 JPY 999.99m D preferred https://zeals.ai/news/20210401; 2022-05-12 USD 27.2m Series E https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/japans-zeals-raises-38-8m-to-scale-its-chat-commerce-platform/. JPY amounts per prospectus above; Fed JPY/USD rates 101.27 (issue date), 110.82, 109.12, 111.29, 110.61 (announcement dates): https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/DEXJPUS. Excluded: 2015 seed, undisclosed amount (https://speakerdeck.com/zeals/zeals-hui-she-shuo-ming-zi-liao); 2021 JPY 1.8bn headline includes debt/credit (https://zeals.ai/news/20210401); 2022 JPY 1.5bn credit line (https://zeals.ai/news/20220512). Valuation undisclosed 2022-05-12.",
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      "latest_model": "D1",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://omakaserobotics.ai/en/news-jp/d1-launch-2026",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published D1 count of units sold, shipped or delivered was found. The 100-unit FY2026 figure is a production target (https://omakaserobotics.ai/en/news-jp/d1-launch-2026).",
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    "https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2130881.html",
    "https://mst.monex.co.jp/pc/pdfroot/public/100/3/2021/12/9255001.pdf",
    "https://www.tokyogeeks.com/company/4627/",
    "https://techcrunchjapan.com/2017/05/18/zeals-fanp/",
    "https://zeals.ai/news/finance-20180129",
    "https://zeals.ai/news/finance-20190401",
    "https://zeals.ai/news/20210401",
    "https://zeals.ai/news/20220512",
    "https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/japans-zeals-raises-38-8m-to-scale-its-chat-commerce-platform/",
    "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/DEXJPUS",
    "https://speakerdeck.com/zeals/zeals-hui-she-shuo-ming-zi-liao"
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