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      "company": "BYD",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.byd.com/",
      "status": "division",
      "what_it_builds": "BYD Company Limited's embodied-intelligence program develops humanoid and bipedal robots. Its first publicly reported model, Xiao Di (name not formally confirmed by BYD), is intended for Di Space/showroom reception, vehicle explanations, customer consultation and demonstrations, with possible expansion to other service and industrial settings.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://technode.com/2024/12/17/byd-announces-recruitment-for-humanoid-robot-research-team/",
      "founded_year": "1994",
      "founded_source": "https://www.byd.com/en-hk/about-byd",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "corporate division",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "No separate equity financing for BYD's humanoid program was disclosed in the sources reviewed. BYD is a listed parent company, but this is a corporate division, so parent-company IPOs, placements and general corporate investment were not attributed to the robot program. TechNode reported a broad RMB100 billion ($13.73 billion) AI/automotive investment in November 2024; it was not a humanoid-specific equity raise and was excluded.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Xiao Di (reported name; not formally confirmed by BYD)",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2026-08-13/doc-ininctaw3364377.shtml",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": "https://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2026-07-28/doc-inikkhki6301641.shtml",
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped was found. The available report describes planned showroom deployment (two to three robots per dealership), which is not a shipment count.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
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  "sources": [
    "https://www.byd.com/",
    "https://www.byd.com/en-hk/about-byd",
    "https://technode.com/2024/12/17/byd-announces-recruitment-for-humanoid-robot-research-team/",
    "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3362362/byd-debut-first-humanoid-robots-august-rivalry-tesla-intensifies?module=inline&pgtype=article",
    "https://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2026-07-28/doc-inikkhki6301641.shtml",
    "https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2026-08-13/doc-ininctaw3364377.shtml"
  ]
}