--- title: “Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for... description: Tokyo-based startup O-ID has raised $1.2m in pre-seed funding led by TAWANI Ventures, with Hustle Fund, Techstars, and angel investors participating, to build... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/supply-chains-are-at-risk-o-id-raises-1-2m-for-modular-humanoid-robots-rnjh7n7fr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: “Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots | daily.dev og:description: Tokyo-based startup O-ID has raised $1.2m in pre-seed funding led by TAWANI Ventures, with Hustle Fund, Techstars, and angel investors participating, to build... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/supply-chains-are-at-risk-o-id-raises-1-2m-for-modular-humanoid-robots-rnjh7n7fr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rNJH7N7fr.png og:image:alt: “Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # “Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tokyo-based startup O-ID has raised $1.2m in pre-seed funding led by TAWANI Ventures, with Hustle Fund, Techstars, and angel investors participating, to build fully modular humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and logistics. The robots feature hot-swappable joints, limbs, and compute units for on-site repairs in minutes, plus onboard AI sensors that flag wear before failure. Founded in 2025 by Stian Jakobsen and Simon Gormuzov, who met at Waseda University, the company plans to deploy robots on Japanese factory floors first, targeting a projected shortage of over 11 million workers by 2040, before expanding to the US. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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