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"company":"ATOM",
"hq_country":"Japan",
"website":"https://atom-humanoid.com/",
"status":"active",
"what_it_builds":"ATOM Inc. (Koto-ku, Tokyo) develops a dual-arm bipedal humanoid AI robot body and its own physical-AI foundation model, aimed at assisting or replacing work in manufacturing and logistics, with mass production planned.",
"what_it_builds_source":"https://beyondnextventures.com/news/beyond-next-ventures-atom",
"founded_year":"2025",
"founded_source":"https://thebridge.jp/2026/05/atom-raises-3-billion-yen-seed-funding-for-humanoid-ai-robot",
"funding_usd":"18818216",
"funding_basis":"disclosed rounds",
"funding_source":"https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000001.000172692.html",
"funding_note":"Summed: 2026-05-27 seed round, JPY 3.0bn, co-led by ANRI, Beyond Next Ventures and JAFCO Group (https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000001.000172692.html; https://beyondnextventures.com/news/beyond-next-ventures-atom). The source gives no USD rate, so this uses the ECB rate on 2026-05-27 of 159.42 JPY/USD (https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/2026-05-27?from=USD&to=JPY), giving USD 18,818,216. The AI Insider reports 'nearly $19 million'. Excluded: JPY 1.5bn Mizuho Bank loan (2026-08-04), because it is debt, not equity. No valuation has been disclosed.",
"latest_funding_date":"2026-05-27",
"valuation_usd":null,
"latest_model":"No named model publicly shown; an unnamed dual-arm bipedal humanoid co-developed with NSK (planned 175 cm, 70 kg) is in development",
"latest_model_year":null,
"latest_model_source":"https://newswitch.jp/p/50123",
"units_shipped":null,
"units_shipped_source":null,
"units_shipped_note":"No published count of humanoid units delivered or sold. Mass production is planned to start in 2027, but plans and inquiries are not shipments.",
"as_of":"2026-11-03"
}],
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