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      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.kinetixai.tech/en",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Develops KaiBot, its own full-size, highly anthropomorphic humanoid platform, alongside dexterous hands, robotics foundation models and egocentric training-data infrastructure. Intended applications include homes, factories and commercial settings.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://vertexholdings.com/news/kinetix-ai-raises-us-75-million-to-build-highly-humanoid-robots/",
      "founded_year": "2025",
      "founded_source": "https://www.kinetixai.tech/en/about",
      "funding_usd": "75000000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://vertexholdings.com/news/kinetix-ai-raises-us-75-million-to-build-highly-humanoid-robots/",
      "funding_note": "Summed: 2026-09-11 Angel+ series, over RMB500000000, approximately USD75000000 using the USD equivalent explicitly stated by investor Vertex on 2026-09-23 (https://vertexholdings.com/news/kinetix-ai-raises-us-75-million-to-build-highly-humanoid-robots/); counted once, with no additional currency conversion. Announcement date: https://m.pedaily.cn/vc/company/865444.html. Excluded: 2025-10-28 angel/seed round (Sharing Investment and Jade Bird Fire), amount undisclosed; 2025-12-29 Pre-A/angel round (Songhe Capital), amount undisclosed (https://m.pedaily.cn/vc/company/865444.html); round labels differ within this source. These earlier rounds are press-reported. No post-money valuation or valuation date found. Funding total is an approximate disclosed-amount subtotal, not total capital raised. Company states July 2025 founding; September 2025 in some press also implies 2025.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-09-11",
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      "latest_model": "KaiBot (KAI)",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://vertexholdings.com/news/kinetix-ai-raises-us-75-million-to-build-highly-humanoid-robots/",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published count of humanoid units delivered, sold or shipped found as of 2026-11-03. The September 11 report describes deliveries of KAI Hand and KAI Halo Lite components/data headsets, not humanoid robots, and gives no count (https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/market-industry/seeds-former-huawei-executive-develops-humanoid-robot-secures-500-million-yuan-financing-2098403770760597505).",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
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    "https://www.kinetixai.tech/en/about",
    "https://vertexholdings.com/news/kinetix-ai-raises-us-75-million-to-build-highly-humanoid-robots/",
    "https://m.pedaily.cn/vc/company/865444.html",
    "https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/market-industry/seeds-former-huawei-executive-develops-humanoid-robot-secures-500-million-yuan-financing-2098403770760597505"
  ]
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