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   "company": "FiveAges",
   "hq_country": "China",
   "website": "",
   "status": "active",
   "what_it_builds": "Hangzhou embodied-AI 'brain' company (FAM model series) that also builds its own robots: the JI LING-L1 (纪灵-L1) wheeled dual-arm robot for logistics/industrial lines and the JI LING-S1 (纪灵-S1) 19-DOF column-type robot for industrial assembly and warehousing.",
   "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1791885708129836.html",
   "founded_year": "2024",
   "founded_source": "https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1791885708129836.html",
   "funding_usd": "148729847",
   "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
   "funding_source": "https://news.pedaily.cn/202608/567913.shtml",
   "funding_note": "Summed: 2026-08-20, A1+A2 rounds, 'over CNY 1 billion' (counted as CNY 1,000,000,000), announced on company WeChat, reported by https://news.pedaily.cn/202608/567913.shtml and https://m.rccaijing.com/news-7496077734520223016.html; converted at ECB rate USD 1 = CNY 6.7236 on 2026-08-20 (https://api.frankfurter.app/2026-08-20?from=USD&to=CNY). Excluded (no stated amount): seed, seed+ ('tens of millions'), angel + angel+ Oct 2025 ('nearly CNY 100M', below a stated floor), Pre-A + Pre-A+ ('several hundred million'; https://news.pedaily.cn/202602/561200.shtml), Series A May 2026 ('hundreds of millions'; https://equalocean.com/news/2026052721926-five-ages-completes-hundreds-millions-rmb-series-funding-securing-capital). No valuation reported. No official company website found (fiveages.ai is a parked placeholder).",
   "latest_funding_date": "2026-08-20",
   "valuation_usd": null,
   "latest_model": "JI LING-S1 (纪灵-S1)",
   "latest_model_year": "2026",
   "latest_model_source": "https://tech.ifeng.com/c/8xBskhxNpRJ",
   "units_shipped": null,
   "units_shipped_source": null,
   "units_shipped_note": "No published count of robots delivered or shipped; sources only say wheeled dual-arm robots are deployed 'at scale' and cite overseas orders worth hundreds of millions of CNY (orders, not shipments).",
   "as_of": "2026-11-03"
  }
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 "sources": [
  "https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1791885708129836.html",
  "https://tech.ifeng.com/c/8xBskhxNpRJ",
  "https://news.pedaily.cn/202608/567913.shtml",
  "https://m.rccaijing.com/news-7496077734520223016.html",
  "https://news.pedaily.cn/202602/561200.shtml",
  "https://equalocean.com/news/2026052721926-five-ages-completes-hundreds-millions-rmb-series-funding-securing-capital",
  "https://api.frankfurter.app/2026-08-20?from=USD&to=CNY"
 ]
}