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      "company": "Menlo Research",
      "hq_country": "Singapore",
      "website": "https://menlo.ai/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Builds Asimov 1, an open humanoid that users can build, train and customize for robot learning, teleoperation and data collection. Asimov 2 is still listed as coming soon, rather than a publicly demonstrated successor (https://github.com/asimovinc).",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://menlo.ai/asimov-1",
      "founded_year": "2023",
      "founded_source": "https://sg.linkedin.com/company/menloresearch",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "none disclosed",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "No disclosed equity rounds with stated amounts found; no rounds summed or excluded. The company describes itself as bootstrapped (https://menlo.ai/handbook/ownership/employee-owned). No reported post-money valuation found as of 2026-11-03; valuation date unavailable. Its official LinkedIn page states founded 2023 and headquarters Singapore; the Singapore registry-data mirror records incorporation on 2023-07-03 (https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Menlo-Research-Pte-Ltd).",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Asimov 1",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://github.com/asimovinc",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No numerical count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped found. Menlo states that Asimov launched in April 2026 and now ships worldwide, without a cumulative, full-year or half-year unit count (https://menlo.ai/handbook/about).",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
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    "https://menlo.ai/asimov-1",
    "https://menlo.ai/handbook/about",
    "https://github.com/asimovinc",
    "https://menlo.ai/handbook/ownership/employee-owned",
    "https://sg.linkedin.com/company/menloresearch",
    "https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Menlo-Research-Pte-Ltd"
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