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    {
      "company": "HEC Group",
      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.hec.cn/",
      "status": "division",
      "what_it_builds": "HEC Group (Dongyangguang) builds the Photon/Lumen humanoid family through its controlled Guanggu Dongzhi robotics venture, including the full-size Lumen H1 for reception, showroom tours and customer service. Its line also includes the smaller S1 for companionship and performances and the wheeled U1 for eldercare, health management and safety patrols.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.hecbot.cn/aboutus.html",
      "founded_year": "1997",
      "founded_source": "https://www.hec.cn/en",
      "funding_usd": null,
      "funding_basis": "corporate division",
      "funding_source": null,
      "funding_note": "Scope: HEC Group humanoid business through its controlled Guanggu Dongzhi venture, treated as a corporate division; no standalone equity funding total or valuation assigned. Founding year 1997 refers to HEC Group; Guanggu Dongzhi was established on 2025-02-26 (https://www.hecbot.cn/aboutus.html). No disclosed standalone robotics equity round with a stated amount was found. Group/subsidiary IPOs, placements and pharmaceutical financing are not robotics-division raises and are excluded; no rounds summed, no currency conversion applied. No robotics-business post-money valuation or market capitalisation found; valuation date unavailable.",
      "latest_funding_date": null,
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "Lumen U1 (wheeled eldercare humanoid)",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://kjj.wuhan.gov.cn/xwzx_8/kjspxw/202606/t20260624_2780837.html",
      "units_shipped": "100",
      "units_shipped_source": "https://tc.wuhan.gov.cn/tzwh/tzzx/202607/t20260721_2823339.shtml",
      "units_shipped_note": "Lower bound only: the source reports MORE THAN 100 humanoid robots cumulatively delivered by Guanggu Dongzhi during 2025, without an exact count or model breakdown. The numeric field records the reported threshold, not an exact total. This covers the robotics venture, not all HEC Group products. No newer quantified delivery figure found. U1 was publicly shown at the June 2026 supply-chain expo; its humanoid classification and intended uses are corroborated by https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/859.html and https://www.jksb.com.cn/index.php?a=show&catid=788&id=255676&m=wap.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "https://www.hecbot.cn/aboutus.html",
    "https://www.hecbot.cn/product.html?type=87",
    "https://www.hec.cn/en",
    "https://www.worldrobotconference.com/expo/company/859.html",
    "https://kjj.wuhan.gov.cn/xwzx_8/kjspxw/202606/t20260624_2780837.html",
    "https://tc.wuhan.gov.cn/tzwh/tzzx/202607/t20260721_2823339.shtml",
    "https://www.jksb.com.cn/index.php?a=show&catid=788&id=255676&m=wap"
  ]
}