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Builds NEO, a bipedal humanoid robot for household chores, sold to consumers with remote-operator help while its AI learns.

Leader Bernt Børnich, CEO and FounderBased in Palo Alto, CaliforniaShares privateGroup Humanoid makers · US & Europe · robots built in the US and Europe1x.techits news page

Where it stands: Pre-orders opened 28 Oct 2025; on 30 Apr 2026 1X said first-year output was sold out and consumer shipments were still planned for 2026, with no deliveries announced as of 8 Oct 2026. source

Privately held. The Information reported on 26 Aug 2026 that SoftBank is in talks to buy a majority stake at about $6 billion; neither company confirmed and terms could change. source

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Latest9 Jul 2026Robot handPre-orders

NEO hands (25-DoF)

A new tendon-driven hand that will ship on every NEO. It has 22 degrees of freedom in the fingers and palm plus 3 at the wrist, is waterproof and food-safe, and is meant to let NEO grip and handle everyday household objects. 1X says hundreds have already come off its production line.

  • 25 degrees of freedom (22 in fingers and palm, 3 in wrist)
  • Fingertip flexion force up to 45 N
  • Wrist torque 17.75 Nm
  • Positioning accuracy ±0.2 mm
  • IP68 waterproof, food-safe
  • Production capacity: 10,000 hands this year
12 Jan 2026Robot model (AI)Released

1X World Model (1XWM)

A video-pretrained AI model that runs on NEO as its control policy. Given a text prompt and a camera frame, it imagines a short video of the task being done, and a second model turns those frames into robot motions. 1X says this lets NEO try new objects and chores without large amounts of robot training data.

28 Oct 2025HumanoidPre-orders

NEO

A soft-bodied, bipedal home humanoid meant to do household chores such as tidying and fetching. Tasks it cannot yet do on its own can be done by a 1X remote operator while the AI learns. Sold to US consumers first, with other markets from 2027; built in 1X's Hayward, California factory.

  • Height 5 ft 6 in
  • Weight 66 lb
  • Lift 154 lb; carry 55 lb; arm payload 18 lb
  • Degrees of freedom: hands 22x2, arms 7x2, neck 3, spine 2, legs 6x2
  • Battery 842 Wh, 4 h run time
  • Walking speed 1.4 m/s; max run speed 6.2 m/s
  • Noise 22 dB

Price$20,000 Early Access, or $499/month subscription

Timeline · customers, money, people, products

  • 26 Aug 2026MoneySoftBank reported in talks to buy a majority stake in 1X at about a $6 billion valuation; neither company confirmed. Reported Reuters via DealStreetAsia (citing The Information)
  • 9 Jul 2026ProductUnveiled a 25-degree-of-freedom, waterproof hand that will ship on every NEO, with capacity for 10,000 hands this year. 1X Technologies
  • 2 Jul 2026LeadershipNamed Bill Nash, former CFO of Ursa Major and Cruise, as Chief Financial Officer. 1X Technologies
  • 25 Jun 2026LeadershipHired Tom Sanocki, formerly of Roblox and Meta, as VP of Engineering. 1X Technologies
  • 4 Jun 2026LeadershipLaunched a World Model Lab and appointed Sam Sinha, formerly of Luma AI, as Head of World Models. 1X Technologies
  • 30 Apr 2026ProductOpened a 58,000 sq ft NEO factory in Hayward, California, with capacity of 10,000 NEOs a year and a 100,000+ target by end of 2027. 1X Technologies (GlobeNewswire)
  • 12 Jan 2026ProductReleased the 1X World Model, a video-based AI that lets NEO attempt tasks it was not trained on. 1X Technologies
  • 11 Dec 2025PartnerPartnership with EQT to make up to 10,000 humanoids available to EQT portfolio companies from 2026 to 2030, starting with US pilots. 1X Technologies (Business Wire)
  • 28 Oct 2025ProductOpened NEO pre-orders at $20,000 or $499/month; 1X later said the first-year allocation sold out within five days. 1X Technologies (Business Wire)
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