{"rows":[{"company":"Makerlabs Edu-Tech","hq_country":"India","website":"","status":"active","what_it_builds":"Aluva/Ernakulam (Kerala) company that makes IRIS, a saree-clad wheeled humanoid AI teacher robot (voice assistant for classrooms, built on robotics and generative AI), plus educational robot kits and a serving robot. Registered as Makerlabs Edutech Private Limited.","what_it_builds_source":"https://interestingengineering.com/news/indias-first-sari-donning-ai-humanoid-robot-teacher-starts-teaching","founded_year":"2020","founded_source":"https://startups.startupmission.in/startups/pvYk0","funding_usd":null,"funding_basis":"none disclosed","funding_source":null,"funding_note":"No funding round, amount or valuation found on the pages opened (Startup Mission listing, Interesting Engineering article, IndiaMART profile). Nothing summed. No official company website could be found or opened (makerlabs.in, makerlabsedu.com and makerlabsedutech.com did not resolve), so website is left empty.","latest_funding_date":null,"valuation_usd":null,"latest_model":"IRIS (IRIS AI Teacher Robot, Advance Model also listed)","latest_model_year":"2024","latest_model_source":"https://interestingengineering.com/news/indias-first-sari-donning-ai-humanoid-robot-teacher-starts-teaching","units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,"units_shipped_note":"No published count of delivered or sold units found; the article opened gives no unit number. IndiaMART lists prices only. The 2024 unveil year is from press coverage of the March 2024 launch at KTCT school.","as_of":"2026-11-03"}],"sources":["https://interestingengineering.com/news/indias-first-sari-donning-ai-humanoid-robot-teacher-starts-teaching","https://startups.startupmission.in/startups/pvYk0","https://m.indiamart.com/makerlabs-edutech"]}