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      "company": "INFIFORCE",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.infiforce.cn",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "INFIFORCE (legal entity: INFIFORCE Technology Holdings (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou) builds the AstroDroid line of general-purpose humanoid robots (flagship AD-01: 170cm, 43 DoF, wheeled mobile base) powered by its own AtomBrain/Hyper-VLA embodied-AI models, alongside the Xiaoyuanzi biped and FORCE mobile-charging robot, for industrial, warehouse/logistics, retail, healthcare and smart-home use.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://en.antaranews.com/news/399689/infiforces-isabella-bai-at-ces-2026-china-is-moving-from-manufacturing-to-defining-next-gen-embodied-intelligence",
      "founded_year": "2023",
      "founded_source": "https://en.antaranews.com/news/399689/infiforces-isabella-bai-at-ces-2026-china-is-moving-from-manufacturing-to-defining-next-gen-embodied-intelligence",
      "funding_usd": "150000000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/market-industry/another-embodied-intelligence-company-secures-funding-infiforce-closes-nearly-rmb-1-billion-series-aa-round-2088201248296951808",
      "funding_note": "2026-08-14 (Gasgoo, press-reported): combined Series A and A+ round, 'nearly RMB 1 billion', reported by theaiinsider.tech and ai-market-watch.com as 'nearly $150 million' (no stated exchange rate; figure taken as given in USD by press, not independently converted). Led by Dunhong Asset with Zhejiang University Sci-Tech Innovation Group, Yandu and Lishui state-owned investment platforms; existing investor CCV/Genesis Partners increased stake. No earlier seed/angel round amount disclosed, so total funding = this round only. No valuation disclosed.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-08-14",
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "AstroDroid AD-01",
      "latest_model_year": "2025",
      "latest_model_source": "https://36kr.jp/376882/",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No published units-shipped/delivered count found. Press (antaranews, CES 2026) reports CNY500 million (~USD71.55 million) of commercial orders in automotive and healthcare, and Gasgoo reports deployment/verification 'across hundreds of industrial scenarios in dozens of Chinese cities', but these are orders and deployment-scenario counts, not a disclosed count of humanoid units shipped.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://en.antaranews.com/news/399689/infiforces-isabella-bai-at-ces-2026-china-is-moving-from-manufacturing-to-defining-next-gen-embodied-intelligence",
    "https://autonews.gasgoo.com/articles/market-industry/another-embodied-intelligence-company-secures-funding-infiforce-closes-nearly-rmb-1-billion-series-aa-round-2088201248296951808",
    "https://theaiinsider.tech/?p=50648",
    "https://www.ai-market-watch.com/news/chinas-infiforce-raises-nearly-150m-to-develop-ego-native-world-model-for-robots-84k09c",
    "https://36kr.jp/376882/",
    "https://www.infiforce.cn"
  ]
}