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      "founded_year": "2003",
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      "funding_note": "Optimus is developed and funded internally within Tesla, Inc.'s overall capital budget; no Optimus-specific equity round, grant, or funding amount has been disclosed by Tesla or press. Tesla, Inc. itself is publicly listed (IPO 2010) and raises capital via equity/debt offerings and operating cash flow at the corporate level, not via financing attributable to the Optimus robotics unit specifically, so no funding figure is attributed to this row.",
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      "units_shipped_note": "No company-disclosed cumulative or annual delivery/shipment figure for Optimus units has been published by Tesla (e.g., in 10-K/10-Q filings or earnings calls) as of the as_of date. Third-party estimates exist (e.g., analyst firm Omdia reportedly estimated fewer than 500 units built in 2025, cited by secondary outlets) but these are analyst estimates, not published company figures, and are excluded per instructions against using estimates.",
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