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   "company": "Astribot",
   "hq_country": "China",
   "website": "https://www.astribot.com/",
   "status": "active",
   "what_it_builds": "Shenzhen-based maker (Chinese name 星尘智能) of cable-driven humanoid AI robots on wheeled bases rather than legs: the S1 flagship and the cheaper T1 from CNY 89,900. Uses are research and education, retail, tourism and industrial service, with home use planned.",
   "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/441.html",
   "founded_year": "2022",
   "founded_source": "https://www.astribot.com/",
   "funding_usd": "297115555",
   "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
   "funding_source": "https://www.cs.com.cn/ssgs/01/2026/10/13/detail_2026101310044371.html",
   "funding_note": "Sum of 2 rounds, CNY 2bn, at announcement-date ECB rates via Frankfurter. SUMMED: 2026-06-03, over CNY 1bn (counted as 1bn) at 6.7694 = $147,723,580, Series B series (three rounds in three months), press-reported, https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3836753824478601 ; 2026-10-13, CNY 1bn at 6.6938 = $149,391,975, new round (called B+ by Tencent News), company-confirmed, https://www.cs.com.cn/ssgs/01/2026/10/13/detail_2026101310044371.html . EXCLUDED, no figure stated, per https://news.pedaily.cn/202606/564789.shtml : 2023 angel and seed (no amount); 2024-07 Pre-A 'tens of millions of USD'; 2025-04 A and A+ 'several hundred million yuan'; 2025-11 A++ 'several hundred million yuan'. So the true total is higher than this sum. Valuation: CNY 15bn post-money, 2026-10-13, at 6.6938.",
   "latest_funding_date": "2026-10-13",
   "valuation_usd": "2240879620",
   "latest_model": "Astribot T1",
   "latest_model_year": "2026",
   "latest_model_source": "https://www.sohu.com/a/1087737673_121850782",
   "units_shipped": null,
   "units_shipped_source": null,
   "units_shipped_note": "No published unit count found as of 2026-11-03. Company and press give only 'thousand-level' (千台级) figures: reports differ on whether S-series deliveries began or were completed at end-2025; T1 shipping began 2026-06-01. EqualOcean notes the reports did not disclose shipment volumes. Thousand-unit orders and 10,000-unit capacity are not shipments.",
   "as_of": "2026-11-03"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "https://www.astribot.com/",
  "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/441.html",
  "https://robot.ofweek.com/2026-10/ART-898890-12005-30706967.html",
  "https://www.prnewswire.com/apac/zh/news-releases/150----302926538.html",
  "https://eu.36kr.com/en/newsflashes/3836753824478601",
  "https://www.cs.com.cn/ssgs/01/2026/10/13/detail_2026101310044371.html",
  "https://www.sohu.com/a/1087737673_121850782",
  "https://news.pedaily.cn/202606/564789.shtml",
  "https://www.sznews.com/news/content/mb/2026-06/03/content_32076639.htm",
  "https://equalocean.com/news/2026101422291",
  "https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/2026-06-03?base=USD&symbols=CNY",
  "https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/2026-10-13?base=USD&symbols=CNY"
 ]
}