Overview
Shanmu (杉木) is a Chinese medical robotics company developing AI-powered, ultra-miniaturized home health monitoring devices. Its core product, the SHANMU S1, is a toilet-mounted robot that performs automated, non-invasive urine analysis using microfluidic chipsets and multi-spectral sensors to quantify over 10 biomarkers for chronic disease management. The company was named to the Forbes China AI TOP 50 in 2026 and won a CES 2025 Innovation Award in Digital Health.
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- Active incidents
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Key facts
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (1)
- Lin Hequan Founder & CEO, Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Shanmu.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
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Shanmu in third-party press
Mentioned on (1)
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People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $14.7M
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Recent activity
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- Record createdJul 22, 2026
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Sources (8)
- https://growthlist.co/robotics-startups/
- https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shanmu
- https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shanmu-shanmu
- https://shanmu.ltd/
- https://www.ces.tech/ces-innovation-awards/2025/shanmu-s1/
- https://m.36kr.com/p/3682907323150215
- https://console.shanmu.ltd/about
- https://www.caplight.com/company/shanmu
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Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
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Last reviewed 2026-10-10
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Methodology surface for Shanmu.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Shanmu from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Chinese doctor solves decades-old math problem with help from ChatGPT
Chinese doctor stuns maths world by cracking decades-old problem using ChatGPT
22-Year Math Community Conundrum Actually Solved by an Intern Doctor from Peking Union Medical College Hospital?
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/shanmu.md
- RSS feed: /companies/shanmu/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/a34c872a-9760-4b66-a7ef-5062fbddc5c2
- Revision history: /companies/shanmu/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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Reality vs attention
Shanmu draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
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Analysis
Moderate signals across dimensions. Continued tracking recommended.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026