{"rows":[{"company":"Rice Robotics","hq_country":"Hong Kong","website":"https://www.ricerobotics.com","status":"active",
"what_it_builds":"Hong Kong service-robot maker (delivery, disinfection, patrol, chat-AI robots) that launched TOMO, a wheel-based education humanoid, on 2026-10-15. Rice Robotics (Hong Kong) Limited is described as an indirect majority-owned joint venture of Axonex AI Group.",
"what_it_builds_source":"https://www.stocktitan.net/news/AXNX/axonex-ai-group-joins-flair-s-embodied-ai-international-applications-m36552fn10be.html",
"founded_year":"2019","founded_source":"https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/rice-robotics-raises-us-7m-pre-a-funding-to-establish-production-plant-in-hong-kong-and-expand-footprint-in-japan-411662.shtml",
"funding_usd":"7000000","funding_basis":"disclosed rounds",
"funding_source":"https://www.therobotreport.com/rice-robotics-delivery-robots-bring-in-7m/",
"funding_note":"Summed: 2023-07-17, US$7,000,000, Pre-Series A, https://www.therobotreport.com/rice-robotics-delivery-robots-bring-in-7m/ (also company release https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/rice-robotics-raises-us-7m-pre-a-funding-to-establish-production-plant-in-hong-kong-and-expand-footprint-in-japan-411662.shtml). Already in USD. Excluded: other earlier smaller rounds listed by aggregators (not citable, no amount verified). No valuation found. No funding found for the 2026 Axonex JV arrangement.",
"latest_funding_date":"2023-07-17","valuation_usd":null,
"latest_model":"TOMO (wheel-based education humanoid)","latest_model_year":"2026",
"latest_model_source":"https://www.stocktitan.net/news/AXNX/axonex-ai-group-joins-flair-s-embodied-ai-international-applications-m36552fn10be.html",
"units_shipped":null,"units_shipped_source":null,
"units_shipped_note":"No published count of humanoid units delivered found; TOMO launched 2026-10-15. Production capacity figures for non-humanoid delivery robots exist but are not shipments.",
"as_of":"2026-11-03"}],
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