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  {
   "company": "OryLab",
   "hq_country": "Japan",
   "website": "https://orylab.com/",
   "status": "active",
   "what_it_builds": "OryLab (Ory Laboratory, Tokyo) builds OriHime-D, a remotely operated telepresence humanoid about 120 cm tall. It has 14 upper-body joint motors and a mobile base, and lets people who cannot leave home do physical work such as serving customers at cafes and reception. It also makes the small tabletop OriHime avatar robot. OriHime-D is offered for rental only.",
   "what_it_builds_source": "https://orylab.com/product/orihime-d/",
   "founded_year": "2012",
   "founded_source": "https://orylab.com/about/",
   "funding_usd": "6843664",
   "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
   "funding_source": "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000034.000019066.html",
   "funding_note": "Sum of 2 company-announced third-party share allotments, converted at FRED USD/JPY on announcement date (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=DEXJPUS&cosd=2013-11-20&coed=2020-10-20): (1) 2016-05-23 (closed Apr 2016), JPY 229.77M seed round led by Beyond Next Ventures with Real Tech Fund and 8 angels, at 109.47 = USD 2098931 (https://orylab.com/information/2016/05/23/%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%8E%EF%BC%93%E5%84%84%E5%86%86%E3%81%AE%E8%B3%87%E9%87%91%E8%AA%BF%E9%81%94%E3%82%92%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F/); (2) 2020-10-15, JPY 500M round from NTT and Kawada Technologies, at 105.38 = USD 4744733 (https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000034.000019066.html). Excluded: JPY 9M from angels in 2013. An article by Leave a Nest (linked to an investor) reports it as a one-year total with no date (https://lne.st/2013/11/26/orylab-2/). No valuation published by the company or press.",
   "latest_funding_date": "2020-10-15",
   "valuation_usd": null,
   "latest_model": "OriHime-D",
   "latest_model_year": "2018",
   "latest_model_source": "https://orylab.com/about/",
   "units_shipped": null,
   "units_shipped_source": null,
   "units_shipped_note": "No published count of OriHime-D (humanoid) units delivered, sold or shipped was found on the company site or in the press. The company's product page says OriHime-D is not sold and is offered for rental only.",
   "as_of": "2026-11-03"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "https://orylab.com/about/",
  "https://orylab.com/product/orihime-d/",
  "https://orylab.com/en/",
  "https://orylab.com/information/2016/05/23/%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%8E%EF%BC%93%E5%84%84%E5%86%86%E3%81%AE%E8%B3%87%E9%87%91%E8%AA%BF%E9%81%94%E3%82%92%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F/",
  "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000002.000019066.html",
  "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000034.000019066.html",
  "https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1283211.html",
  "https://group.ntt/jp/newsrelease/2020/10/15/201015a.html",
  "https://newswitch.jp/p/24223",
  "https://lne.st/2013/11/26/orylab-2/",
  "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=DEXJPUS&cosd=2013-11-20&coed=2020-10-20"
 ]
}