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  {
   "company": "GLRoad Robotics",
   "hq_country": "China",
   "website": "https://www.glroad.com/",
   "status": "active",
   "what_it_builds": "Wuhan Glroad Intelligent Robotics, incubated by Wuhan Glroad Intelligent Technology with academician Chen Xuedong's team, builds the \"Laborer\" family of 1.3 m, 1.7 m and 1.9 m humanoids plus wheeled and quadruped robots, including 50 kg-class heavy-load models. Intended uses are power and energy, hazardous-materials emergency response, municipal engineering, and science, education and tourism.",
   "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/864.html",
   "founded_year": "2025",
   "founded_source": "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/864.html",
   "funding_usd": "6957103",
   "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
   "funding_source": "https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2025-06-03/3897168.html",
   "funding_note": "Summed: 2025-06-03, RMB 50m Series A, https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2025-06-03/3897168.html (investor Jingduan's announcement; Wuhan government page calls RMB 50m the round total, https://tc.wuhan.gov.cn/tzwh/tzzx/202506/t20250611_2593991.shtml), at the PBoC 2025-06-03 midpoint 7.1869 (https://www.chinanews.com.cn/cj/2025/06-03/10426247.shtml). Excluded: Dec 2025 Series A+, \"tens of millions of RMB\", no exact amount (https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20251216A071TA00); RMB 200m strategic round, reported 2026-03-10, of sister unit Glroad Precision for vibration control (https://www.sohu.com/a/994585988_121124370); parent's RMB 1.283bn STAR IPO plan, withdrawn May 2024, nothing raised (https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20240523A0AGL100). Parent (founded March 2018, https://www.glroad.com/; robotics entity incorporated Feb 2025) and its own rounds not counted. Valuation: none reported; 10% for RMB 50m implies about RMB 500m (June 2025), derived only.",
   "latest_funding_date": "2025-06-03",
   "valuation_usd": null,
   "latest_model": "Laborer C1",
   "latest_model_year": "2026",
   "latest_model_source": "https://city.cri.cn/20260819/e0e13ab2-e4e3-4121-92e2-2f4de02d3781.html",
   "units_shipped": null,
   "units_shipped_source": null,
   "units_shipped_note": "No published count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped was found on the company site or in the press opened. Reports describe deployments (substations, factories, Hankou station) without any unit figure.",
   "as_of": "2026-11-03"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2025-06-03/3897168.html",
  "https://www.chnfund.com/article/5ed7a853-8c37-e300-8166-3a1a47d3c19b",
  "https://tc.wuhan.gov.cn/tzwh/tzzx/202506/t20250611_2593991.shtml",
  "https://www.chinanews.com.cn/cj/2025/06-03/10426247.shtml",
  "https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20251216A071TA00",
  "https://www.sohu.com/a/994585988_121124370",
  "https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20240523A0AGL100",
  "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/864.html",
  "https://city.cri.cn/20260819/e0e13ab2-e4e3-4121-92e2-2f4de02d3781.html",
  "https://humanoid.guide/welcome-laborer-c1/",
  "http://m.cnhubei.com/content/2026-04/06/content_19907878.html",
  "https://www.glroad.com/"
 ]
}