{"sources":[{"url":"https://news.cision.com/san-francisco-oy/r/tokyo-based-o-id-raises--1-2m-to-build-fully-modular-humanoid-robots-as-industries-brace-for-a-short,c4400859","quote":"The round was led by Chicago-based TAWANI Ventures, with participation from Hustle Fund, Techstars, and angel investors"},{"url":"https://news.cision.com/san-francisco-oy/r/tokyo-based-o-id-raises--1-2m-to-build-fully-modular-humanoid-robots-as-industries-brace-for-a-short,c4400859","quote":"O-ID was founded in Tokyo in 2025 by CEO Stian Jakobsen from Norway and CTO Simon Gormuzov from the Netherlands, who met at Waseda University."},{"url":"https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2026/09/24/japanese-humanoid-robotics-startup-o-id-raises-1-2-million-to-move-modular-robot-into-production/105102/","quote":"O-ID, a Tokyo-based company building one of the world’s first fully modular humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and logistics, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding."},{"url":"https://humanoid.guide/product/modular/","quote":"Explore modular wheeled humanoid robot from Japan: 172 cm tall, 30 DoF, 16 kg payload"}]}