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      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.eir.com.cn/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Develops the full-size SKYWALKER / Tianxingzhe humanoid series and AIQ (Aiqiu / 爱湫) emotional-interaction humanoids. AIQ targets tourism guidance, commercial reception and education through speech, facial expression and motion interaction.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/789.html",
      "founded_year": "2024",
      "founded_source": "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/789.html",
      "funding_usd": "14876525",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://egs.stcn.com/news/detail/2350766.html",
      "funding_note": "Press-reported: 2026-10-16 Pre-A, over CNY100m; counted CNY100m = USD14876525 (rounded), https://egs.stcn.com/news/detail/2350766.html. FX: CNY6.7220/USD, announcement-date central parity, https://www.jwview.com/jingwei/html/10-16/692770.shtml. Excluded: 2025-05-26 angel, only “tens of millions” CNY; valuation only “hundreds of millions” CNY on that date (no exact post-money figure), https://www.yicai.com/news/102635105.html; 2025-08-26 angel+, amount undisclosed, https://www.donews.com/news/detail/8/5990725.html; equity investment reported 2026-03-03, round/amount unstated, https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-03-03/4277337.html (may overlap October Pre-A; no double count). Total is a disclosed numeric floor; no later quantified valuation found. Dates are report dates.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-10-16",
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      "latest_model": "AIQ (Aiqiu / 爱湫), new generation: interaction and motion-control versions",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://cbgc.scol.com.cn/news/7869112",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": "https://sc.cri.cn/n/20261016/a991a793-3023-457d-bedf-a55e9cf83e87.html",
      "units_shipped_note": "No published numerical count of humanoids delivered, sold or shipped found as of 2026-11-03. October reporting describes Tianxingzhe batch deployment in robot training and research, but gives no unit count. Production-base capacity is not shipments.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
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    "https://www.eir.com.cn/",
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    "https://egs.stcn.com/news/detail/2350766.html",
    "https://www.yicai.com/news/102635105.html",
    "https://www.donews.com/news/detail/8/5990725.html",
    "https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2026-03-03/4277337.html",
    "https://www.jwview.com/jingwei/html/10-16/692770.shtml",
    "https://sc.cri.cn/n/20261016/a991a793-3023-457d-bedf-a55e9cf83e87.html"
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