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      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.zeroth0.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Develops its own humanoids including the full-size Jupiter for home companionship and the compact Bridge with open developer interfaces for embodied-AI research and development.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/zeroth-secures-nearly-500-million-yuan-in-pre-a-financing-hits-1-billion-yuan-total-funding-to-lead-home-embodied-ai-1 ; https://www.streetinsider.com/Business%2BWire/Zeroth%2BLaunches%2BBridge,%2Bthe%2BWorld%E2%80%99s%2BFirst%2BAI-Native%2BEmbodied%2BRobot,%2Band%2BOpenBridge%2BOpen-Source%2BEcosystem/27015416.html",
      "founded_year": "2024",
      "founded_source": "https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/zeroth-secures-nearly-500-million-yuan-in-pre-a-financing-hits-1-billion-yuan-total-funding-to-lead-home-embodied-ai-1",
      "funding_usd": "143590000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/zeroth-secures-nearly-500-million-yuan-in-pre-a-financing-hits-1-billion-yuan-total-funding-to-lead-home-embodied-ai-1",
      "funding_note": "2025-10-25 announcement: three angel rounds (IDG, Jinqiu, Eastern Bell leads), over USD70m combined; count USD70m, individual dates/amounts undisclosed: https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/suzhou-joyin-technology-co-the-pioneer-of-consumer-grade-embodied-intelligence-5. 2026-07-02 Pre-A, nearly RMB500m; count USD73.59m using CNBC's stated equivalent (press-reported, syndicated): https://assetmarketcap.com/news/alibaba-affiliate-ant-group-rushes-into-humanoid-robots-with-a-dozen-deals-in-18-months; announcement date: https://m.cnfin.com/gs-lb/zixun/20260702/4434609_1.html. Company posted same round July 6; not additional funding. RMB1bn cumulative headline excluded from addition to avoid double counting. Latest valuation USD351m, October 2025; source does not explicitly label it post-money. No later valuation found.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-07-02",
      "valuation_usd": "351000000",
      "latest_model": "Bridge",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.streetinsider.com/Business%2BWire/Zeroth%2BLaunches%2BBridge,%2Bthe%2BWorld%E2%80%99s%2BFirst%2BAI-Native%2BEmbodied%2BRobot,%2Band%2BOpenBridge%2BOpen-Source%2BEcosystem/27015416.html",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published humanoid delivery, sale or shipment count found. July 2026 disclosure of over 30,000 robot orders across products is excluded; Bridge pre-orders and developer-program places are not shipments. https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/zeroth-secures-nearly-500-million-yuan-in-pre-a-financing-hits-1-billion-yuan-total-funding-to-lead-home-embodied-ai-1",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/suzhou-joyin-technology-co-the-pioneer-of-consumer-grade-embodied-intelligence-5",
    "https://www.zeroth0.com/blogs/news/zeroth-secures-nearly-500-million-yuan-in-pre-a-financing-hits-1-billion-yuan-total-funding-to-lead-home-embodied-ai-1",
    "https://assetmarketcap.com/news/alibaba-affiliate-ant-group-rushes-into-humanoid-robots-with-a-dozen-deals-in-18-months",
    "https://www.streetinsider.com/Business%2BWire/Zeroth%2BLaunches%2BBridge,%2Bthe%2BWorld%E2%80%99s%2BFirst%2BAI-Native%2BEmbodied%2BRobot,%2Band%2BOpenBridge%2BOpen-Source%2BEcosystem/27015416.html",
    "https://zeroth-openbridge.com/products/zeroth-bridge",
    "https://m.cnfin.com/gs-lb/zixun/20260702/4434609_1.html"
  ]
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