{"rows":[{"company":"Hanson Robotics","hq_country":"Hong Kong","website":"https://www.hansonrobotics.com/","status":"active","what_it_builds":"Builds realistic human-like social humanoid robots, chiefly Sophia, now sold as the Sophia Utility platform (by inquiry) for retail, education, healthcare and events; also developed Grace for healthcare.","what_it_builds_source":"https://blog.robozaps.com/b/sophia-review","founded_year":"2007","founded_source":"https://blog.robozaps.com/b/sophia-review","funding_usd":null,"funding_basis":"none disclosed","funding_source":null,"funding_note":"No equity round with a stated amount was found in a citable source. The cited review states no credible public record of total funding exists. Aggregator-only claims (e.g. '$50M+') were excluded as unsourced/disallowed. Founded 2007 in Dallas; operating from Hong Kong since 2013. No valuation found.","latest_funding_date":null,"valuation_usd":null,"latest_model":"Sophia Utility","latest_model_year":null,"latest_model_source":"https://blog.robozaps.com/b/sophia-review","units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,"units_shipped_note":"No published count of humanoid units delivered or sold. In 2021 the company targeted selling 'thousands' of robots (a target, excluded); its site claims '30+ Robots Created' since 2007 (built, not shipped). Grace launch reported by Reuters via https://www.trtworld.com/article/12749340.","as_of":"2026-11-03"}],"sources":["https://blog.robozaps.com/b/sophia-review","https://www.trtworld.com/article/12749340"]}