1X NEO

1X Technologies is a humanoid-robotics company headquartered in Norway, with a 58,000 sq ft integrated factory in Hayward, California. NEO is the company's consumer humanoid: a bipedal home robot designed to operate alongside people for everyday tasks such as light household activity, mobility support and routine interaction. CEO Bernt Børnich describes NEO as the first step in shifting humanoid robotics from concept to consumer product.

The Hayward facility is the first integrated US humanoid factory: 1X designs and manufactures core components in-house — motors, batteries, sensors, structural parts and transmission systems — including automated motor lines and copper-coil winding. Annual production capacity starts at 10,000 units and is planned to scale beyond 100,000 by 2027. More than 200 workers staff the site, with further expansion expected as production ramps. The vertically-integrated approach is positioned as a hedge against humanoid supply-chain risk concentrated in Asia.

NEO is powered by Nvidia's Jetson Thor onboard computing platform for real-time perception, reasoning and decision-making, and is trained at scale in Nvidia Isaac Sim before deployment. Early access opened at $20,000 per unit or a $499/month subscription; 1X reported the first-year capacity of 10,000+ units sold out within five days of launch in October 2025. Customer shipments began in 2026, starting with early-access users before wider rollout.