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"company": "HatsuMuv",
"hq_country": "Japan",
"website": "https://www.hatsumuv.com/",
"status": "active",
"what_it_builds": "Tokyo startup (Waseda University entrepreneurship centre) building character humanoid robots (Cutieroid Project, e.g. the 150 cm Cutieroid FA Girl Gourai) and, since 2026, the Type 08 Mobilroid (08式モビルロイド), a semi-humanoid prototype combining a humanoid upper body with a stable wheeled mobile base, teleoperated (arms, torso and head) and aimed at R&D, AI/imitation-learning research and remote work in manufacturing and logistics; HatsuMuv says it is starting sales/adoption consultations with companies and research institutions.",
"what_it_builds_source": "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000011.000127494.html",
"founded_year": "2021",
"founded_source": "https://www.hatsumuv.com/jp/about",
"funding_usd": null,
"funding_basis": "none disclosed",
"funding_source": null,
"funding_note": "No disclosed equity round found. The company's news page (https://www.hatsumuv.com/jp/news, posts back to Aug 2025) and its 17 Sep 2026 PR Times release contain no funding announcement, and web searches (Japanese and English) found no press-reported round. Being selected for AIRoA's NEDO-commissioned 'national general-purpose robot development competition' (announced 2026-04-22) is a commissioned-project selection, not equity, and is excluded. Founded 5 Nov 2021 (company site and PR Times company overview). No valuation reported.",
"latest_funding_date": null,
"valuation_usd": null,
"latest_model": "Type 08 Mobilroid (08式モビルロイド) semi-humanoid prototype",
"latest_model_year": "2026",
"latest_model_source": "https://www.hatsumuv.com/jp/news/ykc49wo0cvml4osp1u0ylqi77iv1ud",
"units_shipped": null,
"units_shipped_source": null,
"units_shipped_note": "No published count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped. The Type 08 Mobilroid was first shown as a prototype on 16 Sep 2026 with sales consultations only just starting; CutieroidDoll orders were announced as planned to open in autumn 2026.",
"as_of": "2026-11-03"
}],
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"https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000011.000127494.html",
"https://www.hatsumuv.com/jp/about",
"https://www.hatsumuv.com/jp/news/ykc49wo0cvml4osp1u0ylqi77iv1ud",
"https://www.hatsumuv.com/jp/news"
]}