Overview
Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate. Aibo is an autonomous entertainment robot dog with AI personality, voice recognition, and cloud connectivity.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Sony.
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Recent coverage
Sony in third-party press
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Sony?
- Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate. Aibo is an autonomous entertainment robot dog with AI personality, voice recognition, and cloud connectivity.
- What does Sony make?
- Sony has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Sony builds physical robots.
- Is Sony a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Sony ranks in roughly the top under 1% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Sony safe?
- Sony has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Sony.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Sony from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan
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GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
A purported jab of Sony's physical media phase-out blows up on GitHub itself
Sony’s All-Digital PlayStation Strategy Doesn’t Sit Well With Gamers
The former champion of sharing-friendly policies has changed
Sony Bravia 7 Mark II: Midrange but Priced High (2026)
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Sony Erases Digital Content From Libraries, a Reminder That You Don’t Own What You Buy
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Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/sony-aibo.md
- RSS feed: /companies/sony-aibo/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/23f6c564-f7fe-4ecd-af32-c03fc5e5b2c5
- Revision history: /companies/sony-aibo/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Sony against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 22, 2026