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1X Technologies

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Bipedal home humanoid NEO built with a soft lattice-polymer body and tendon-driven actuators for safe household interaction, driven by learned end-to-end neural policies with teleoperation-assisted operation; pivoted from the wheeled EVE security/industrial android to a consumer home robot priced at $20,000 (or $499/month) and manufactured in Hayward, California.

HeadquartersPalo Alto, US
Founded2014
Consumer funding$1.1B
Team201-500
Deployments1
Open roles67
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentConsumer
StageSeries B
FoundersBernt Øivind Børnich (CEO)
Regions servedNorth America, Europe
Countries deployedUS, NO
Service footprintGlobal HQ in Palo Alto, CA (80,000 sq ft campus, consolidated from Sunnyvale and Moss in July 2025); NEO manufacturing factory in Hayward, CA (America’s first vertically integrated high-volume humanoid factory); manufacturing also in Moss, Norway
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinehumanoid

EVE

  • Wheeled humanoid android for industrial/institutional use (security, logistics, healthcare); existing deployments remain in service

    vendor-stated use case; EVE is no longer actively marketed to new customers as of 2025 following pivot to NEO

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Machinehumanoid

NEO

  • Height 5′6″ (1.68 m), weight 66 lbs (30 kg)

    vendor-stated physical dimensions for the NEO home humanoid robot

    Claim source
  • Arm payload 18 lbs; total carry capacity 55 lbs; lift capacity 154 lbs

    vendor-stated per-arm payload, total carry, and maximum lift capacities

    Claim source
  • Walking speed 1.4 m/s; maximum run speed 6.2 m/s

    vendor-stated bipedal locomotion speeds for NEO

    Claim source
  • 842 Wh battery, 4 hr runtime; 6 min quick-charge per 1 hr runtime

    vendor-stated battery capacity, operating time, and fast-charge rate

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2025-12-16EQT portfolio companiesNot listedNot listedNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordEQT VenturesOpenAI Startup FundTiger GlobalSamsung NEXTSandwaterSkagerak Capital
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles67

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

AI Researcher1X World Model Lab · San Carlos, CALead Technical Product Manager - Data1X World Model Lab · San Carlos, CAAI Researcher - Reinforcement LearningArtificial Intelligence · San Carlos, CAAI ResidencyArtificial Intelligence · San Carlos, CASoftware Engineer - SimulationArtificial Intelligence · San Carlos, CAChief of StaffExecutive · San Carlos, CARobot Operations Manager PMFleet Operations · San Carlos, CARobot Service TechnicianFleet Operations · San Carlos, CA
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-07-02Welcoming Bill Nash as CFO ↗1X Technologies
2026-06-04Launched 1X World Model Lab with Sam Sinha as Head of World Models to advance humanoid AI intelligence1X Technologies
2026-04-30NEO factory in Hayward, CA operational: America’s first vertically integrated high-volume humanoid factory; targets 10,000 units in year one, 100,000 by end of 20271X Technologies
2025-12-11Signed enterprise partnership with EQT to deliver up to 10,000 NEO robots to EQT’s 300+ portfolio companies by 2030TechCrunch
2025-10-28Opened NEO pre-orders at $20,000 (or $499/month); first-year production capacity sold out within 5 daysTech Funding News
2025-07-11Consolidated global headquarters to Palo Alto, CA (80,000 sq ft campus), relocating teams from Sunnyvale and Moss, Norway1X Technologies
2025-07-111X Opens Global HQ in Palo Alto ↗1X Technologies
2025-01-27Acquired Kind Humanoid (Palo Alto-based, founder Christoph Kohstall, ex-Stanford/Google) to accelerate NEO developmentTechCrunch
2024-08-30Unveiled NEO Beta, the company’s first bipedal humanoid robot designed for home use1X Technologies
2024-01-13Raised $100M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing total raised to ~$136M1X Technologies
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Source ledger

13 unique public sources

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NEO product page1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Norway's 1X raising $1B at $10B valuation to bring humanoid robot NEO into homesTech Startups · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X Secures $100M in Series B Funding1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X Raises $23.5M in Series A2 Funding led by OpenAI1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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EVE product page1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X Technologies deployment at EQT portfolio companiestherobotreport.com · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X Blog1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X NEO Home Robot | Order Today1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehousesTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Norway’s 1X opens California factory to build 100,000 humanoid robots by 2027Tech Funding News · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X Opens Global HQ in Palo Alto1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05
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OpenAI-backed 1X acquires Kind HumanoidTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-07-05
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1X Unveils NEO Beta, A Humanoid Robot for the Home1X Technologies · retrieved 2026-07-05