{"rows":[{"company":"AIDOL","hq_country":"Russia","website":"https://aidol.ru","status":"active","what_it_builds":"Moscow-based startup (Artificial Intelligence Dynamic Organism Lab, CEO Vladimir Vitukhin) building AIDOL, billed as Russia's first AI-powered anthropomorphic walking humanoid with 67 degrees of freedom, an expressive 19-servo face, offline operation and 77% Russian-made components; it fell on stage at its Nov 2025 debut. Website URL is not verified (not opened).","what_it_builds_source":"https://www1.ru/en/news/2025/11/12/v-moskve-predstavili-rossiiskogo-robota-s-ii-aidol-vo-vremia-prezentacii-on-upal-na-scene.html","founded_year":null,"founded_source":null,"funding_usd":null,"funding_basis":"none disclosed","funding_source":null,"funding_note":"No funding round with a stated amount found in opened sources. Robotics & Automation News says the project is self-funded with a 14-person team and no major government or corporate backers. Founding year not stated on any page I opened (a search snippet said registered in August, presumably 2025, but I could not open a page confirming it), so founded_year is empty. No valuation found. Search snippets mentioned a coalition goal of up to ~$50M (4bn rubles); that is a target, not a round, and is excluded.","latest_funding_date":null,"valuation_usd":null,"latest_model":"AIDOL","latest_model_year":"2025","latest_model_source":"https://www1.ru/en/news/2025/11/12/v-moskve-predstavili-rossiiskogo-robota-s-ii-aidol-vo-vremia-prezentacii-on-upal-na-scene.html","units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,"units_shipped_note":"No published count of delivered units found; only a single prototype debut is reported.","as_of":"2026-11-03"}],"sources":["https://www1.ru/en/news/2025/11/12/v-moskve-predstavili-rossiiskogo-robota-s-ii-aidol-vo-vremia-prezentacii-on-upal-na-scene.html","https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/11/17/russian-startup-showcases-humanoid-robot-that-falls-over-on-stage/96675"]}