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      "company": "Foundation",
      "hq_country": "United States",
      "website": "https://foundation.bot/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Foundation develops Phantom, a bipedal humanoid line for industrial manufacturing and defense tasks. Phantom MK-1 is the demonstrated platform; a second-generation MK-2 has been announced.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/companies/foundation-robotics",
      "founded_year": "2024",
      "founded_source": "https://foundation.bot/culture",
      "funding_usd": "498000000",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://forgeglobal.com/foundation-robotics-labs_stock/",
      "funding_note": "Summed (USD, Forge-reported): 2024-08-22 $11m Series A-1; 2025-08-19 $187m Series A; 2026-10-19 $300m Series A-2; all https://forgeglobal.com/foundation-robotics-labs_stock/. Latest post-money $3.41bn dated 2026-10-19. The $11m is also press-reported as pre-seed: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/founder-of-failed-fintech-synapse-says-hes-raised-11m-for-new-robotics-startup/. Excluded: June 2024 $10m commitments (not additional to $11m); Q1 2025 unspecified raise/~$21m total (https://sacra.com/c/foundation/), no separately stated round amount; $500m sought at >$3bn (https://thenextweb.com/news/foundation-humanoid-robot-soldiers-pentagon), a target, not a close. Military contracts are not equity. Forge figures lack company confirmation and conflict with earlier totals.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-10-19",
      "valuation_usd": "3410000000",
      "latest_model": "Phantom MK-1",
      "latest_model_year": "2025",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/companies/foundation-robotics",
      "units_shipped": "2",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://thenextweb.com/news/foundation-humanoid-robot-soldiers-pentagon",
      "units_shipped_note": "Two Phantom MK-1 units reportedly sent to Ukraine in February 2026 for logistics and reconnaissance testing; a pilot shipment, not a sale or company-wide cumulative total. Company-reported deployment, not independently confirmed. No cumulative commercial shipment count found.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://foundation.bot/",
    "https://foundation.bot/culture",
    "https://foundation.bot/phantom",
    "https://forgeglobal.com/foundation-robotics-labs_stock/",
    "https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/founder-of-failed-fintech-synapse-says-hes-raised-11m-for-new-robotics-startup/",
    "https://sacra.com/c/foundation/",
    "https://thenextweb.com/news/foundation-humanoid-robot-soldiers-pentagon",
    "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/companies/foundation-robotics"
  ]
}