1X Technologies

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• Founded: 2014↗ What is 1X Technologies? Profile, leadership & funding — Komo↗ 1X Technologies · DEPLOY↗ 1X - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ 1X Technologies - Wikipedia↗ 1X Technologies company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co↗ 1X
• Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, USA↗ What is 1X Technologies? Profile, leadership & funding — Komo↗ 1X Technologies · DEPLOY↗ 1X - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ 1X Technologies - Wikipedia↗ 1X Technologies company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co↗ 1X
• Key products: NEO (bipedal home humanoid), EVE (wheeled humanoid)↗ Is Facial Recognition Actually Secure? | 1X Neo Robot & Ultraviolette X-47 Review | Tech Today · 2026-07-20↗ What is 1X Technologies? Profile, leadership & funding — Komo↗ 1X Technologies · DEPLOY↗ 1X - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ 1X Technologies - Wikipedia↗ 1X Technologies company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co
• Notable technology: Revo1 high-torque servo motor↗ What is 1X Technologies? Profile, leadership & funding — Komo↗ 1X Technologies · DEPLOY↗ 1X - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ 1X Technologies - Wikipedia↗ 1X Technologies company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co↗ 1X
• Notable partners/investors: OpenAI, EQT Ventures, Samsung NEXT, NVIDIA↗ What is 1X Technologies? Profile, leadership & funding — Komo↗ 1X Technologies · DEPLOY↗ 1X - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding↗ 1X Technologies - Wikipedia↗ 1X Technologies company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co↗ 1X
• NEO top running speed: 6.2 m/s (~22.3 km/h)↗ 1X'S NEO HITS 22 KPH IN SUPERHUMAN SPEED REEL | FO · 2026-07-16
• NEO tendon hand close speed: 8.0 m/s↗ 1X'S NEO HITS 22 KPH IN SUPERHUMAN SPEED REEL | FO · 2026-07-16
• NEO price: $20,000 purchase or $499/month subscription↗ 1X Technologies Company Profile: Founders, Funding, Humanoid Robots | EmbodyVC · 2026-07-17↗ 1X'S NEO HITS 22 KPH IN SUPERHUMAN SPEED REEL | FO · 2026-07-16
• NEO ships from Hayward, California↗ 1X'S NEO HITS 22 KPH IN SUPERHUMAN SPEED REEL | FO · 2026-07-16
• Notable technology: 1X World Model (AI model enabling NEO to learn new tasks from video and prompts)↗ Revolutionizing AI: 1X's World Model Lab Unveiled (2026) · 2026-07-21↗ Neo Humanoid Robot Learns from Video: 1X's AI Breakthrough (2026) · 2026-07-20
• EVE use cases include security and logistics↗ 1X Technologies Company Profile: Founders, Funding, Humanoid Robots | EmbodyVC · 2026-07-17
• Company nationality: Norwegian-American (Norwegian roots, US headquarters)↗ 1X Technologies Company Profile: Founders, Funding, Humanoid Robots | EmbodyVC · 2026-07-17
• 1X World Model Lab: dedicated research lab focused on advancing the 1X World Model toward fully autonomous humanoids↗ Revolutionizing AI: 1X's World Model Lab Unveiled (2026) · 2026-07-21
• NEO new hand: 25 moving joints (22 in fingers and palm, 3 at wrist), near-human dexterity, uses 'force transmission' design↗ REALTECH News, August 2026 - by Sam Cash - REALTECH News · 2026-08-03↗ The Robot Hand With Its Muscles in the Forearm - by Jaimin · 2026-07-28↗ Instagram · 2026-07-20
• Reported valuation: ~$10 billion↗ Invest in Pre-IPO Robotics Companies: Industrial & Defense — IPO CLUB · 2026-07-28
• NEO hand motors are located in the forearm (forearm-actuated architecture)↗ The Robot Hand With Its Muscles in the Forearm - by Jaimin · 2026-07-28
• NEO demonstrated cooking/meal-preparation tasks in a domestic environment (July 2026 demo)↗ When 1X makes your dinner, nobody is laughing anymore · 2026-07-29
• CEO: Bernt Børnich↗ 1X CEO Bernt Børnich Predicts "Hard Takeoff" in 3 Years, Details NEO Platform and Data Strategy | Humanoids Daily · 2026-07-30
• CEO Bernt Børnich predicts 'hard takeoff' (robots autonomously building other robots, data centers, chip fabs) in 3 years (upper bound: less than a decade), stated on All-In podcast July 29–30, 2026↗ 1X's Børnich sees a "hard takeoff" in 3 years, details NEO | Robots Atlas · 2026-08-03↗ 1X CEO Bernt Børnich Predicts "Hard Takeoff" in 3 Years, Details NEO Platform and Data Strategy | Humanoids Daily · 2026-07-30

Recent developments

• 1X released a new hand for NEO featuring 25 degrees of freedom and tendon-driven actuation, with notable engineering decisions in its design — part of a broader wave of robotics hand progress reported in August 2026.

  Read more ↗realtechnews.substack.com3 Aug

• CEO Bernt Børnich, in an All-In podcast interview (July 29–30, 2026), put a concrete near-term date on his 'hard takeoff' prediction, stating his primary bet is 3 years (with an upper bound of less than a decade) for robots to autonomously build other robots, data centers, and chip fabs.

  Read more ↗robotsatlas.com3 Aug

• 1X CEO Bernt Børnich predicted a 'hard takeoff' — where robots autonomously build other robots, data centers, and chip fabs — could occur in as few as three years and at most ten, while detailing the NEO platform and data strategy.

  Read more ↗humanoidsdaily.com30 Jul

• 1X Technologies released a new demo showing a NEO humanoid robot performing domestic tasks such as cooking dinner, sparking widespread online discussion about the ethics and practicality of home humanoid robots.

  Read more ↗singularitymoments.com29 Jul

• A July 9 Wired article on 1X Technologies prompted the company to respond via social media, a strategy that reportedly amplified the negative framing to 150 times more people than the original article reached.

  Read more ↗prnewsonline.com27 Jul

• 1X's NEO hand design — featuring 22 actuated degrees of freedom in the fingers and palm plus 3 at the wrist, with motors placed in the forearm — has been highlighted as architecturally notable, drawing comparisons to Tesla's own hand design choices.

  Read more ↗atomsfrontier.substack.com28 Jul

• A reported ~$10 billion valuation for 1X Technologies has been cited in investor-facing coverage, positioning it among the highest-valued humanoid robotics companies alongside Figure AI.

  Read more ↗ipo.club28 Jul

• 1X Technologies unveiled a new hand for its NEO humanoid robot featuring 25 moving joints (22 in the fingers and palm, plus three at the wrist), approaching human-level dexterity. The design incorporates a capability 1X calls 'force transmission.'

  Read more ↗instagram.com20 Jul

• 1X Technologies has established the '1X World Model Lab,' a dedicated research initiative aimed at advancing fully autonomous humanoid robots through its World Model AI approach.

  Read more ↗pcpaula.com21 Jul

• The NEO robot is highlighted for its 'gentle grip' design, positioning it as a domestic humanoid robot that breaks from the mold of rigid, factory-bound machines.

  Read more ↗businesstoday.in20 Jul

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