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1X Technologies
Humanoid robot company building NEO, a robot designed to do chores in the home
At a glance
- Founded
- 2014
- Based in
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- People
- Bernt Øyvind Børnich, Founder and chief executive
- Known for
- NEO, EVE
- Funding
- Private; backed by EQT Ventures, Tiger Global and the OpenAI Startup Fund, among others
- NEO pre-orders
- 10,000 booked in five days (company figure)
- Website
- https://www.1x.tech
1X Technologies builds humanoid robots, with a focus on the home. It was founded in 2014 as Halodi Robotics by Bernt Øyvind Børnich, who remains chief executive, and it is now based in Palo Alto, California. Its earlier robot, EVE, was built for industrial work.
Its main product is NEO, a humanoid designed to live in people's homes and handle chores. 1X opened pre-orders in October 2025 and says it booked out its first year of production, 10,000 robots, within five days. It builds NEO at its own factory in Hayward, California, and has promised that the first robots will reach customers during 2026 through an early access programme. In December 2025 it agreed to supply up to 10,000 NEO robots between 2026 and 2030 to companies owned by EQT, one of its investors, mainly for factory, warehouse and logistics work.
The company is privately held and backed by EQT Ventures, Tiger Global, the OpenAI Startup Fund and others.
Sources
- 1X, About 1X, 2026-10-02
- 1X, NEO Factory: Building Your NEO, 2026-04-30
- TechCrunch, 1X struck a deal to send its 'home' humanoids to factories and warehouses, 2025-12-11
- TechCrunch, OpenAI-backed 1X raises another $100M for the race to humanoid robots, 2024-01-11
Facts last checked 2026-10-02