{
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/k-scale-labs",
      "quote": "Open-source humanoid robots. Founded in 2024, K-Scale Labs has 10 employees based in San Francisco."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485",
      "quote": "而加入他的两位联合创始人——一个来自洛马与通用动力的 Matthew Freed，一个是剑桥大学博士、对话系统专家 Pawel Budzianowsk——也助力 K-Scale 在 YC 2024 冬季那一批项目里显得格外醒目，最终获得 YC 的 50 万美元种子融资。"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485",
      "quote": "同年 2 月，K-Scale 又获得 Fellows Fund 领投的 400 万美元种子轮；4 月，Nat Friedman 和 Daniel Gross 再追加 25 万美元；6 月，涛涛车业全资子公司也投了 200 万美元并签署战略合作协议。"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485",
      "quote": "硅谷的人形机器人创业公司 K-Scale Labs 倒闭了。"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/k-scale-labs-launches-k-bot-americas-first-open-source-humanoid-robot",
      "quote": "This full-size bipedal machine – about 4 feet 7 inches (1.4 m) tall and 77 pounds (34 kg) – is designed to be affordable and accessible for developers and researchers."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/k-scale-labs-launches-k-bot-americas-first-open-source-humanoid-robot",
      "quote": "Published on 18 Jul 2025"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mikekalil.com/blog/gradient-robots-k-scale/",
      "quote": "However, only two of the units shipped before Bolte emailed customers announcing he had laid off his staff and was refunding $200 deposits."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.sohu.com/a/905713185_115377",
      "quote": "2025年6月11日，公司美国子公司RevEdge Inc.与美国K-Scale Labs签订了投资协议，RevEdge Inc.将向K-Scale Labs投资200万美元，建立长期、稳定、互信的合作伙伴关系。"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://ben.bolte.cc/posts/2025-09-01-kscale-plan/",
      "quote": "even though I was able to raise a bridge round for a few more months at heavily discounted terms"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485",
      "quote": "Bolte 后来承认，他当时被一种叙事诱惑所吸走——一位他十分敬重的 VC 告诉他，如果能让更高级、售价 8999 美元的 1.4 米人形机器人 K-Bot 获得 100 个预订单，他们愿意给出 2000 万美元的 A 轮融资。"
    }
  ]
}