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    {
      "company": "UMA",
      "hq_country": "France",
      "website": "https://uma.bot/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Develops its own compact humanoid robots for human environments and collaboration with workers, alongside a dual-arm mobile industrial robot for warehouses and assembly lines. Version 0 is its working humanoid prototype; North Star is the design for the planned final humanoid (https://www.journaldunet.com/intelligence-artificielle/1552675-a-terme-nos-robots-pourront-participer-a-l-assemblage-des-generations-suivantes/).",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71654148/uma-launches-from-europe-to-shape-the-global-future-of-physical-ai?lang=en&publisherId=58763726",
      "founded_year": "2025",
      "founded_source": "https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71654148/uma-launches-from-europe-to-shape-the-global-future-of-physical-ai?lang=en&publisherId=58763726",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "none disclosed",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "No completed equity round with a reliably disclosed amount was found, so no rounds are summed; this does not mean UMA is unfunded. December 2025 launch: initial round confirmed, amount and round closing date undisclosed; excluded from the numerical total (https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71654148/uma-launches-from-europe-to-shape-the-global-future-of-physical-ai?lang=en&publisherId=58763726). A roughly USD 40000000 seed target reported before launch is excluded because it described fundraising discussions, not a finalized raise; The Next Web on 2026-07-07 explicitly says the closed amount remains unclear (https://thenextweb.com/news/uma-cadene-northstar-european-humanoid-robot), corroborated in September 2026 (https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/features/the-humanoids-of-europe). No reliable reported post-money valuation or valuation date found. No currency conversion applied.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Version 0",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/features/the-humanoids-of-europe",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped found as of 2026-11-03. Electrek reported no shipping product on 2026-07-07 (https://electrek.co/2026/07/07/tesla-optimus-scientist-uma-humanoid-robot/); customer discussions and planned pilot deployments are not shipments. Northstar was presented as a design, distinct from the working Version 0 prototype (https://www.journaldunet.com/intelligence-artificielle/1552675-a-terme-nos-robots-pourront-participer-a-l-assemblage-des-generations-suivantes/).",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://uma.bot/",
    "https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/71654148/uma-launches-from-europe-to-shape-the-global-future-of-physical-ai?lang=en&publisherId=58763726",
    "https://www.journaldunet.com/intelligence-artificielle/1552675-a-terme-nos-robots-pourront-participer-a-l-assemblage-des-generations-suivantes/",
    "https://electrek.co/2026/07/07/tesla-optimus-scientist-uma-humanoid-robot/",
    "https://thenextweb.com/news/uma-cadene-northstar-european-humanoid-robot",
    "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/features/the-humanoids-of-europe"
  ]
}