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      "company": "Booster Robotics",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.booster.tech/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Builds the T1 research humanoid, compact K1 education humanoid, and T2 embodied-AI development platform, with motion-control software and developer tools. Its bipedal robots target research, education and robot-soccer competitions.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.booster.tech/about-us?target=en",
      "founded_year": "2023",
      "founded_source": "https://www.booster.tech/about-us?target=en",
      "funding_usd": "192102336",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://www.booster.tech/about-us?target=en",
      "funding_note": "Approximate subtotal: 2024-09-11 Pre-A series CNY100m https://www.booster.tech/zh/about-us; 2025-07-24 A+ >CNY100m https://eu.36kr.com/zh/newsflashes/3392590816217473; 2025-11-17 A-series >CNY100m https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202511173566173898.html; 2026-04-17 new round nearly USD150m https://www.booster.tech/about-us?target=en. July/November press-reported; 'over' counted at CNY100m. ECB announcement-date CNY/USD via Frankfurter: 7.1117,7.1574,7.1076 respectively; total rounded to whole USD. April uses company's USD figure. Excluded: 2023-10 angel/2024-05 Pre-A (vague tens of millions: https://www.36kr.com/p/2763857275108098); 2025-06 A (undisclosed: company history); 2025-12/2026-05 follow-ons (undisclosed: https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0520/2026052000065.pdf); near-CNY500m A-series total (overlaps counted rounds). No sourced post-money valuation/date. September uses the Chinese disclosure.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-04-17",
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Booster T2",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.booster.tech/about-us?target=en",
      "units_shipped": "1000",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://finance.sina.cn/stock/jdts/2026-04-17/detail-inhuuimn3420706.d.html",
      "units_shipped_note": "More than 1,000 K1 humanoids shipped worldwide cumulatively as disclosed on 2026-04-17; NetEase reporting reproduced by Sina. The numeric field records the published lower threshold, not an exact count. K1 only; T1 and T2 are not included. No newer company-wide cumulative delivery count was found.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.booster.tech/",
    "https://www.booster.tech/about-us?target=en",
    "https://www.booster.tech/zh/about-us",
    "https://www.booster.tech/news/?target=en",
    "https://eu.36kr.com/zh/newsflashes/3392590816217473",
    "https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202511173566173898.html",
    "https://www.36kr.com/p/2763857275108098",
    "https://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0520/2026052000065.pdf",
    "https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/2024-09-11?base=USD&symbols=CNY",
    "https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/2025-07-24?base=USD&symbols=CNY",
    "https://api.frankfurter.dev/v1/2025-11-17?base=USD&symbols=CNY",
    "https://finance.sina.cn/stock/jdts/2026-04-17/detail-inhuuimn3420706.d.html",
    "https://www.booster.tech/app-privacy-policy/?target=en",
    "https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2024-09-11/doc-incntvru8696234.shtml"
  ]
}