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      "company": "Kinisi Robotics",
      "hq_country": "United Kingdom",
      "website": "https://kinisi.com/",
      "status": "acquired",
      "what_it_builds": "Builds KR1, a wheeled humanoid for picking, placing, sorting and moving goods in industrial and logistics settings, now acquired by Bear Robotics. Headquarters follows the acquisition release (Bristol, UK: https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/bear-robotics-to-acquire-kinisi-robotics-ixqmewsmrbzmzym.html); its company LinkedIn profile instead lists Redwood City, United States (https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinisi-robotics).",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.bearrobotics.ai/blog/bear-robotics-to-acquire-kinisi-robotics",
      "founded_year": null,
      "founded_source": null,
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "none disclosed",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "No dated, quantified equity round verified. Excluded: $2m seed (date unstated), supplier-directory claim without round details or corroboration (https://robottoday.com/suppliers-discovery/kinisi-robotics); $437,000 money raised as of 2025-09-08, TechCrunch profile aggregate without round dates or equity classification (https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/company/kinisi/); 2026-06-22 Bear acquisition, no proceeds or valuation disclosed (https://www.bearrobotics.ai/blog/bear-robotics-to-acquire-kinisi-robotics). No reported post-money valuation found. Incorporation year unverified: company profile says founded 2024 (https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinisi-robotics), while an interview reprint says started late 2023 (https://www.reemanrobot.com/news/5-questions-with-kinisi-robotics-founder-brenn-81839887.html).",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "KR1 (Kinisi 01)",
      "latest_model_year": "2025",
      "latest_model_source": "https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/humanoid-robot-kr1-kinisi",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count of Kinisi humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped found. The acquisition release reports paid pilots but gives no KR1 unit count; Bear service-robot shipments are not Kinisi humanoid shipments (https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/bear-robotics-to-acquire-kinisi-robotics-ixqmewsmrbzmzym.html).",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.bearrobotics.ai/blog/bear-robotics-to-acquire-kinisi-robotics",
    "https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/bear-robotics-to-acquire-kinisi-robotics-ixqmewsmrbzmzym.html",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/company/kinisi-robotics",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kinisi-robotics_were-excited-to-share-we-have-been-acquired-activity-7474845670391095296-UpBV",
    "https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/company/kinisi/",
    "https://robottoday.com/suppliers-discovery/kinisi-robotics",
    "https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/humanoid-robot-kr1-kinisi",
    "https://www.reemanrobot.com/news/5-questions-with-kinisi-robotics-founder-brenn-81839887.html"
  ]
}