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      "company": "China FAW Group",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.faw.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Through FAW Die, China FAW Group develops its own full-size bipedal humanoid, commercial-service humanoids and wheeled dual-arm humanoids for industrial handling and assembly, reception and customer service. Its full-size humanoid was shown at Auto China 2026; the wheeled-arm line also targets education and research (https://finance.sina.com.cn/enterprise/central/2026-10-28/doc-iniwuqvv9438076.shtml).",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=20260427986c39ca461c44729374babb0db078a5",
      "founded_year": "1953",
      "founded_source": "https://www.faw.co.za/faw-trucks-celebrates-its-past-as-it-moves-forward-to-a-memorable-future/",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "none disclosed",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "No qualifying disclosed equity raises for China FAW Group were located in the reviewed sources; no rounds summed. The named entity is the automaker group, with humanoid development carried out internally through FAW Die, rather than a separately funded humanoid startup (https://www.36kr.com/p/3954273153586820). Excluded: 2018-10-24 bank credit-line agreements, CNY 1.02 trillion (USD 147 billion as reported by Caixin), because these are credit commitments, not equity proceeds: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-10-25/state-automaker-arranges-1-trillion-yuan-of-credit-lines-101338618.html. No post-money valuation or group market capitalisation found as of 2026-11-03; no valuation date or FX conversion applies. Listed subsidiaries are separate entities and their equity proceeds are not attributed to the group.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Qi Xiaozhi (旗小智), full-size bipedal humanoid (2026 lineup); wheeled-arm humanoid, 3 kg variant publicly displayed by October 2026 (https://finance.sina.com.cn/enterprise/central/2026-10-28/doc-iniwuqvv9438076.shtml)",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3954273153586820",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": "https://finance.sina.com.cn/enterprise/central/2026-10-28/doc-iniwuqvv9438076.shtml",
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count of completed humanoid deliveries, sales or shipments found. FAW's 2026-10-28 release, reproduced by Sina, announces the first commercial order for its 3 kg wheeled-arm robot and says it will be delivered to Changchun Automobile Industry Institute; this is a future delivery, not a shipped-unit count. Quadruped orders are outside the humanoid count.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://app.xinhuanet.com/news/article.html?articleId=20260427986c39ca461c44729374babb0db078a5",
    "https://www.36kr.com/p/3954273153586820",
    "https://finance.sina.com.cn/enterprise/central/2026-10-28/doc-iniwuqvv9438076.shtml",
    "https://www.faw.co.za/faw-trucks-celebrates-its-past-as-it-moves-forward-to-a-memorable-future/",
    "https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-10-25/state-automaker-arranges-1-trillion-yuan-of-credit-lines-101338618.html"
  ]
}