# Groove X: company

Canonical ID: `5379b1cb-f673-484e-bb05-5b057fcc841e`

## Key facts

- **Robot:** Lovot, an affectionate companion robot with a warm plush body and AI that responds to hugs and adapts to its owner's moods
- **Focus:** Emotional well-being and companionship rather than utility tasks
- **Technology:** AI that responds to hugs and adapts to its owner's moods
- **Company type:** Consumer-robotics company
- **CEO:** Kaname Hayashi
- **Funding:** 8B JPY total (approx 51.5M USD)
- **Employees:** 288 (company-reported)

- **Slug:** groove-x
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2015
- **HQ:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Funding total (USD):** 50500000

## Models

- [Lovot](/models/lovot.md) (other) (id: `f9af7ed5-e9d6-49a6-aa1a-5cf612ded138`)
- [Lovot](/models/groove-x-lovot.md) (companion_robot) (id: `89aed2d4-444b-4bb8-94d7-c8ecfb49f52a`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Kaname Hayashi](/people/kaname-hayashi.md) Founder & CEO (secondary-verified)

## Founders (1)

- [Kaname Hayashi](/people/kaname-hayashi.md) (sole)

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## Sources (1)

1. https://groove-x.com/en/

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