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      "hq_country": "China",
      "website": "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Spirit AI builds its own Moz wheeled humanoids and Spirit embodied AI models. Moz1 is deployed for industrial manipulation, while the newer Moz2 is aimed at retail, hospitality and office services.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/48",
      "founded_year": "2024",
      "founded_source": "https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/8",
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      "funding_source": "https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/34",
      "funding_note": "2024-08-12 seed+angel combined ~$27.9m https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/8; 2025-03-31 Pre-A $73.9m https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/6; 2025-07-21 Pre-A+ ~$83.6m https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/12; 2026-02-25 two unnamed rounds combined $280m https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/30; 2026-04-07 unnamed round $145m https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/34; 2026-06-03 A+ CNY1.5bn=$221,584,838 https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/34. 2024/2025/Apr USD uses cited press-reported equivalents; June uses ECB same-day 1 EUR=1.1614 USD=7.862 CNY https://nbs.sk/export/en/exchange-rate/2026-06-03/pdf. Excluded: 2024-11-11 Angel+ only 'tens of millions', no exact amount https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/8; February 'nearly CNY2bn' duplicates $280m. Reuters valuation, republished 2026-09-20: $2.9bn https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/chinese-robot-brain-startup-sees-chatgpt-style-breakthrough-as-soon-as-next-year-10885799/lite/.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2026-06-03",
      "valuation_usd": "2900000000",
      "latest_model": "Moz2",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/48",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": null,
      "units_shipped_note": "No exact published count of Moz humanoids shipped, sold or delivered. Reuters reported 'tens' of Moz1 robots deployed at CATL and JD.com; report republished 2026-09-20 without an exact delivery count: https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/chinese-robot-brain-startup-sees-chatgpt-style-breakthrough-as-soon-as-next-year-10885799/lite/",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
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    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/",
    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/8",
    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/48",
    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/6",
    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/12",
    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/en/news/30",
    "https://www.spirit-ai.com/news/34",
    "https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-embodied-ai-startup-spirit-ai-banks-nearly-usd28-million-from-angel-financing",
    "https://kr-asia.com/deals-in-brief-nul-debuts-with-wavemaker-impact-backing-skyechip-and-betterteem-raise-funding-qualcomm-snaps-up-vinais-generative-ai-unit-and-more",
    "https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/jdcom-leads-funding-in-spirit-ai-limx-dynamics-engine-ai-to-advance-embodied-intelligence",
    "https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-04-08/chinese-robotics-startup-spirit-ai-raises-145-million-102431806.html",
    "https://companies.caixin.com/m/2026-06-03/102450502.html",
    "https://nbs.sk/export/en/exchange-rate/2026-06-03/pdf",
    "https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/chinese-robot-brain-startup-sees-chatgpt-style-breakthrough-as-soon-as-next-year-10885799/lite/"
  ]
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