{"rows":[{
"company":"EmplifAI",
"hq_country":"Japan",
"website":"https://emplif.ai/",
"status":"active",
"what_it_builds":"Tokyo startup EmplifAI Inc. (株式会社EmplifAI) develops OpenShell, its own dual-arm wheeled semi-humanoid with 28 axes and a face and voice for interacting with people. OpenShell is an open, customisable research platform (ROS 2 / LeRobot) for physical-AI data collection, teleoperation and human-robot interaction, and is the company's entry in the AIRoA/NEDO domestic general-purpose robot competition. The company also rents Unitree G1 humanoids and does robot integration work.",
"what_it_builds_source":"https://emplif.ai/news/openshell-development-2026",
"founded_year":"2024",
"founded_source":"https://emplif.ai/about",
"funding_usd":null,
"funding_basis":"none disclosed",
"funding_source":null,
"funding_note":"No equity funding round has been disclosed. Neither the company's site (about page, news list as of 2026-11-03) nor web searches turned up any announced round, investor or amount. The about page gives share capital (資本金) of JPY 5,000,000 and says the company was founded (設立) in December 2024. Share capital is not a disclosed raise, so nothing is summed. The April 2026 selection as consortium lead in the AIRoA domestic general-purpose robot competition (a NEDO-commissioned project) is a commissioned contract, not equity, and is excluded. No valuation has been reported.",
"latest_funding_date":null,
"valuation_usd":null,
"latest_model":"OpenShell",
"latest_model_year":"2026",
"latest_model_source":"https://emplif.ai/news/openshell-development-2026",
"units_shipped":null,
"units_shipped_source":null,
"units_shipped_note":"No published count of OpenShell units delivered, sold or shipped. The company announced OpenShell's development on 2026-09-17, showed a prototype at the Physical AI Summit, and says it is taking inquiries about purchases and joint development.",
"as_of":"2026-11-03"}],
"sources":["https://emplif.ai/","https://emplif.ai/about","https://emplif.ai/news/openshell-development-2026","https://emplif.ai/news"]}