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   "company": "Sanctuary AI",
   "hq_country": "Canada",
   "website": "https://sanctuary.ai/",
   "status": "active",
   "what_it_builds": "Builds the Phoenix general-purpose humanoid (Gen 8 on a wheeled base, designed to deliver meaningful labor and capture training data) with hydraulic dexterous hands; since June 2026 it also deploys its Physical AI software on existing industrial robots, with industrial humanoids as a later target.",
   "what_it_builds_source": "https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-expands-physical-ai-strategy-to-industrial-robotics-demonstrating-production-ready-ai-performance/",
   "founded_year": "2018",
   "founded_source": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sanctuary-cognitive-systems-closes-c75-5-million-us58-5-million-series-a-funding-accelerating-its-mission-to-create-the-worlds-first-human-like-intelligence-in-general-purpose-robots-to-address-labour-shortages-around-the-wo-301493034.html",
   "funding_usd": "58500000",
   "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
   "funding_source": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sanctuary-cognitive-systems-closes-c75-5-million-us58-5-million-series-a-funding-accelerating-its-mission-to-create-the-worlds-first-human-like-intelligence-in-general-purpose-robots-to-address-labour-shortages-around-the-wo-301493034.html",
   "funding_note": "Summed: 2022-03-02 Series A C$75.5M = US$58.5M (USD figure stated in the release; URL = funding_source). Excluded: 2024-07-03 BDC Capital/InBC strategic investment, amount undisclosed (release: total investment over $140M, which includes a non-equity C$30M government SIF contribution of Nov 2022) https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/sanctuary-ai-announces-strategic-financing-from-bdc-capital-and-inbc-874124255.html; Zeon investment, amount undisclosed https://sanctuary.ai/news/zeon-invests-in-sanctuary-ai-and-partners-to-advance-specialized-materials-for-dexterous-robotics/; Jan 2025 US$10M convertible note offering (debt, close unconfirmed) https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/sanctuary-ai-humanoid-robot-fundraise-efforts/; 2025 US$175M round target, close unconfirmed https://techcouver.com/2025/04/04/robotics-innovator-sanctuary-ai-raise-capital/. No valuation reported.",
   "latest_funding_date": "2022-03-02",
   "valuation_usd": null,
   "latest_model": "Phoenix Generation 8",
   "latest_model_year": "2024",
   "latest_model_source": "https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-releases-new-generation-of-ai-robots-for-high-quality-data-capture/",
   "units_shipped": null,
   "units_shipped_source": null,
   "units_shipped_note": "No published count of Phoenix humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped was found in company releases or press.",
   "as_of": "2026-11-03"
  }
 ],
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  "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sanctuary-cognitive-systems-closes-c75-5-million-us58-5-million-series-a-funding-accelerating-its-mission-to-create-the-worlds-first-human-like-intelligence-in-general-purpose-robots-to-address-labour-shortages-around-the-wo-301493034.html",
  "https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/sanctuary-ai-announces-strategic-financing-from-bdc-capital-and-inbc-874124255.html",
  "https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-releases-new-generation-of-ai-robots-for-high-quality-data-capture/",
  "https://sanctuary.ai/news/sanctuary-ai-expands-physical-ai-strategy-to-industrial-robotics-demonstrating-production-ready-ai-performance/",
  "https://sanctuary.ai/news/zeon-invests-in-sanctuary-ai-and-partners-to-advance-specialized-materials-for-dexterous-robotics/",
  "https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/sanctuary-ai-humanoid-robot-fundraise-efforts/",
  "https://techcouver.com/2025/04/04/robotics-innovator-sanctuary-ai-raise-capital/"
 ]
}