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    {
      "company": "KEENON Robotics",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.keenon.com/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "KEENON builds general-purpose and specialized embodied service robots, including the wheeled humanoid XMAN-R1 and bipedal humanoid XMAN-F1. The humanoids are intended for commercial service work such as human interaction, reception, hospitality, healthcare demonstrations, and collaboration with delivery and cleaning robots.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.keenon.com/en/news/k",
      "founded_year": "2010",
      "founded_source": "https://www.keenon.com/about",
      "funding_usd": "244100000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/keenon-robotics-raises-200-million-in-series-d-funding-led-by-softbank-vision-fund-2-854478775.html",
      "funding_note": "Summed disclosed USD amounts: 2020-03-10 Series B, $28.8m (press-reported by KrASIA; RMB200m converted in that report to USD); 2020-12-30 Series C, $15.3m (press-reported by Global Corporate Venturing; source states RMB100m=$15.3m); 2021-09-15 Series D, $200m (company announcement via PR Newswire). The 2016 Series A is reported as 30 million in the 2020 PR Newswire release but the English release does not specify the currency, so it is excluded rather than guessed. The same release reports a February 2019 Pre-B and says the A plus Pre-B total was 200 million, but does not state the Pre-B amount or currency; excluded. No reliable post-money valuation located.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2021-09-15",
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "XMAN-L1",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.keenon.com/en/news/ksigpsreale2",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count specific to humanoid units was located. KEENON reports more than 100000 robots shipped overall, covering its humanoid, delivery, cleaning, and other commercial service-robot portfolio; that total is not attributed to humanoids and is therefore not used here.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-04"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.keenon.com/about",
    "https://www.keenon.com/en/news/k",
    "https://www.keenon.com/en/news/keenon-debuts-first-bipedal-humanoid-service-robot-at-waic-showcasing-role-specific-embodied-ai-solutions",
    "https://www.keenon.com/en/news/ksigpsreale2",
    "https://kr-asia.com/china-brief-chinese-maker-of-robot-waiters-closes-usd-28-8-million-series-b",
    "https://globalventuring.com/blog/2020/12/31/keenon-attracts-softbanks-attention-for-series-c/",
    "https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/keenon-robotics-raises-200-million-in-series-d-funding-led-by-softbank-vision-fund-2-854478775.html",
    "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yunqi-partners-and-others-inject-rmb-200-million-in-b-series-funding-round-for-robot-company-keenon-301025258.html"
  ]
}