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    {
      "company": "Tencent",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.tencent.com/",
      "status": "division",
      "what_it_builds": "Robotics X, the robotics research lab within parent Tencent, develops its own humanoid research prototypes for human living environments and eldercare, including The Five (Xiaowu), with a humanlike upper body and four wheel-legs. Its successor Xiaoliu was shown in 2026; the hardware is for research and demonstration rather than commercial robot sales (https://developer.cloud.tencent.com/news/4271003; https://www.yicai.com/news/102744810.html).",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://developer.cloud.tencent.com/article/2453381",
      "founded_year": "1998",
      "founded_source": "https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html.html",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "corporate division",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "Profile covers Tencent Robotics X as a corporate division, not the listed parent as a standalone robot manufacturer. Founded year 1998 refers to Tencent; Robotics X was established in 2018 (https://www.yicai.com/news/102744810.html). No independent division equity rounds were identified or summed; parent equity financing and investments made by Tencent in other robot companies are outside this division total. No standalone division valuation found; valuation date not applicable.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Xiaoliu (小六), successor to The Five (Xiaowu)",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://developer.cloud.tencent.com/news/4271003",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No public count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped found as of 2026-11-03. Yicai describes Robotics X hardware as research prototypes not intended for sale to users (https://www.yicai.com/news/102744810.html); prototype demonstrations are not shipments.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html.html",
    "https://www.yicai.com/news/102744810.html",
    "https://developer.cloud.tencent.com/article/2453381",
    "https://developer.cloud.tencent.com/news/4271003"
  ]
}