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    {
      "company": "K-Scale Labs",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://kscale.dev/",
      "status": "defunct",
      "what_it_builds": "Built K-Bot, an open-source full-size bipedal humanoid designed as an affordable platform for developers and researchers. Operations ceased in November 2025 (https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485).",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/k-scale-labs-launches-k-bot-americas-first-open-source-humanoid-robot",
      "founded_year": "2024",
      "founded_source": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/k-scale-labs",
      "funding_usd": "6750000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485",
      "funding_note": "Press-reported: 2024 (YC W24) $500000 seed; February $4000000 Fellows-led seed; April $250000 Friedman/Gross investment; June 2025 $2000000 Taotao strategic investment: https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485. The report is inconsistent about the years of the February/April rounds; no days given. June investment agreement dated 2025-06-11: https://www.sohu.com/a/905713185_115377. All amounts USD; no FX. Excluded proposed $20000000 Series A (never raised, same 36Kr URL). Founder also reports an undated bridge, amount undisclosed, excluded to avoid double counting: https://ben.bolte.cc/posts/2025-09-01-kscale-plan/. No verified dated post-money valuation found.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2025-06-11",
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "K-Bot",
      "latest_model_year": "2025",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/k-scale-labs-launches-k-bot-americas-first-open-source-humanoid-robot",
      "units_shipped": "2",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://mikekalil.com/blog/gradient-robots-k-scale/",
      "units_shipped_note": "Press-reported cumulative K-Bot shipments before the November 2025 shutdown, reported November 6, 2025. This is not a count of all humanoid models; no combined total found. Remaining preorders were refunded.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/k-scale-labs",
    "https://www.36kr.com/p/3559984314980485",
    "https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/k-scale-labs-launches-k-bot-americas-first-open-source-humanoid-robot",
    "https://mikekalil.com/blog/gradient-robots-k-scale/",
    "https://www.sohu.com/a/905713185_115377",
    "https://ben.bolte.cc/posts/2025-09-01-kscale-plan/"
  ]
}