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  "rows": [
    {
      "company": "ASIMOV Robotics",
      "hq_country": "India",
      "website": "https://asimovrobotics.com/",
      "status": "acquired",
      "what_it_builds": "Zoho acquired ASIMOV Robotics in July 2025; it continues robotics R&D with Zoho guidance. Its Sayabot/Saya humanoid is a service robot used for customer assistance and healthcare support, including visitor temperature checks, sanitizer dispensing, reminders, and hospital supply and communication tasks.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.zoho.com/news/zoho-corp-expands-its-rnd-efforts-opens-new-campus-in-kottarakkara.html",
      "founded_year": "2012",
      "founded_source": "https://asimovrobotics.com/index.php",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "corporate division",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "Corporate division following Zoho's 2025 acquisition, so funding_usd is left empty under the division rule. Excluded historical press-reported seed round (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/robots-at-your-service-kochi-company-dives-into-ai-with-asimov/articleshow/55937011.cms): reported 2016-12-13 as Rs 21 lakh (INR 2,100,000); amount was not converted because the division rule requires an empty total. The report separately says the seed came from Gorilla Ventures but provides no funding date. No valuation or market capitalization found. Founded year is sourced from the company site; its day and month are not stated there.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Sayabot (also called Saya), updated advanced version with temperature-checking and sanitizer-dispensing features",
      "latest_model_year": "2020",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020/oct/11/advanced-version-of-sayabot-launched-2208688.html",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published delivered, sold, or shipped unit count found for Sayabot. The 2020 article reports that Sayabot was receiving orders and mentions nearly 500 KARMI-Bot orders; orders are not shipments and KARMI-Bot is a different product.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.zoho.com/news/zoho-corp-expands-its-rnd-efforts-opens-new-campus-in-kottarakkara.html",
    "https://asimovrobotics.com/index.php",
    "https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2020/oct/11/advanced-version-of-sayabot-launched-2208688.html",
    "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/robots-at-your-service-kochi-company-dives-into-ai-with-asimov/articleshow/55937011.cms",
    "https://noticeboard.kerala.gov.in/documents/publications/file1604202510%3A32%3A38.pdf"
  ]
}