1X Technologies

1X Technologies is an AI and robotics company building “home robots” - humanoids designed to operate safely around people and handle everyday chores in homes and workplaces. Headquartered in Palo Alto with manufacturing in the U.S. and Norway, it frames its mission around meeting labor demand with robots that can learn continuously from real-world use.

1X’s lineup follows a two-platform strategy. EVE is the earlier, wheeled “android” platform that 1X has used in real deployments (including security and facility duties) to collect operational data and harden its systems in the field.

The flagship humanoid is NEO, a bipedal home robot intended to expand from “foundational autonomy” to broader capability over time. 1X says NEO uses its Redwood AI generalist model to learn tasks and repeat them, and it offers a scheduled “Expert Mode” concept where a remote operator can assist when autonomy falls short.

Commercially, NEO is in an Early Access / pre-order phase: 1X states customers can place a deposit, and first orders are scheduled to ship to consumer homes in 2026, with an upfront Early Access price and a planned subscription option.

The effort has been backed by major funding rounds, including a Series A2 led by the OpenAI Startup Fund and a later $100M Series B, signaling ambitions to scale production.

Looking ahead, 1X’s “future robots” are successive NEO generations with more reliable locomotion, safer human interaction, and richer manipulation - progressing from assisted operation toward higher autonomy - while continuing EVE-style field deployments to accelerate learning and validation at scale.

For TRG’s UK and EU business audience, 1X should be treated as a future-facing brand rather than a core warehouse or manufacturing deployment option today. It may become relevant for service, care, facilities or human-facing business environments as commercial routes mature.