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      "company": "Yobotics",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.yobotics.cn/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Develops its own Walker Taishan (Xingzhe Taishan) humanoid line, including E2, for practical work and companionship.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://innovation.jinan.gov.cn/col/col126706/art/2026/art_4009e59f93f59f27598ff59f3027733e.html",
      "founded_year": "2014",
      "founded_source": "https://www.yobotics.cn/about/",
      "funding_usd": "14000000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://robotico.market/news/yobotics-raises-rmb-100m-to-scale-humanoid-and-legged-robots",
      "funding_note": "Quantified-round floor, not lifetime total. Summed 2026-09-03 A+: over CNY100m, counted USD14m using source conversion (CNY100m/USD14m), press-reported: https://robotico.market/news/yobotics-raises-rmb-100m-to-scale-humanoid-and-legged-robots; date: https://www.legendstar.cn/news/480073762772058320?lang=en. Excluded imprecise amounts: 2023-02 provincial equity, nearly CNY15m (https://iapp.dztv.tv/share/YS0xNzktNDAxOTI1NTk.html); 2024-09 angel, tens of millions CNY; 2024-10 angel+ and 2025-01 pre-A undisclosed (https://pitchhub.36kr.com/project/2002546017460098); 2025 A, nearly CNY100m (https://www.jiemian.com/article/13703730.html; completed November per shipment source, December reporting). These lack exact amounts; no invented amounts added. Cumulative funding described only as several hundred million CNY. No post-money valuation found as of 2026-11-03.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-09-03",
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Walker Taishan E2 (Xingzhe Taishan E2)",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.yobotics.cn/",
      "units_shipped": "100",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://innovation.jinan.gov.cn/col/col121548/art/2026/art_cb598e5e71014e239bc75c657376b43e.html",
      "units_shipped_note": "Approximately 100: source says nearly 100 humanoid robots commercially shipped during full-year 2025, principally for education, cultural tourism and exhibitions. Approximate published figure, not an exact count or cumulative total. Excludes the 2026 target of 1,000 mixed humanoid/quadruped/wheeled-leg units.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.yobotics.cn/",
    "https://www.yobotics.cn/about/",
    "https://innovation.jinan.gov.cn/col/col126706/art/2026/art_4009e59f93f59f27598ff59f3027733e.html",
    "https://innovation.jinan.gov.cn/col/col121548/art/2026/art_cb598e5e71014e239bc75c657376b43e.html",
    "https://robotico.market/news/yobotics-raises-rmb-100m-to-scale-humanoid-and-legged-robots",
    "https://www.legendstar.cn/news/480073762772058320?lang=en",
    "https://iapp.dztv.tv/share/YS0xNzktNDAxOTI1NTk.html",
    "https://www.jiemian.com/article/13703730.html",
    "https://pitchhub.36kr.com/project/2002546017460098"
  ]
}