Company
1X Technologies
Norwegian/American humanoid robotics company (formerly Halodi Robotics), backed by the OpenAI Startup Fund.
- Founded
- 2014
- HQ
- Palo Alto, CA, USA (R&D in Oslo, Norway)
- Status
- private
- Funding
- $125.0M
- Models
- 3
- Deployments
- 1
Verified profile
10
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 1 month ago
Last verified change
Overview
Norwegian/American humanoid robotics company (formerly Halodi Robotics), backed by the OpenAI Startup Fund. Develops NEO, a soft-bodied bipedal humanoid aimed at the consumer home market. Opened NEO pre-orders in October 2025 with first U.S. deliveries targeted for 2026.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
NEO Gamma
1X Technologies' NEO Gamma is the next generation of its home humanoid, redesigned for domestic environments with roughly 10x improved hardware reliability and ~10 dB lower noise (refrigerator-level); 1X began testing it in homes in 2025.
Retired
EVE
EVE is 1X Technologies' wheeled humanoid robot, an android upper body on a wheeled mobile base, deployed for security, logistics, and remote-operation use cases. It predates 1X's bipedal consumer humanoid NEO and shares 1X's world-model AI approach. EVE established 1X's commercial deployment track record before the consumer-focused NEO. Depth note: current commercial status should be confirmed at next pass. 1X's public messaging has shifted toward the consumer NEO, and EVE's active-deployment footprint as of mid-2026 versus its earlier enterprise rollout should be firmed against primary sources.
Current platform
NEO
1X Technologies' consumer-oriented bipedal humanoid for the home, announced October 2025. ~167 cm and ~30 kg with a soft 3D-lattice-polymer body and a machine-washable knit cover, tendon-driven actuation, and 22-DOF hands. Priced at $20,000 (or $499/month subscription) with first U.S. shipments targeted for 2026. Uses human-in-the-loop teleoperation alongside onboard AI.
Relationships
Current leadership (8)
- Bernt Bornich Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Mustally Hussain Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
- Pal Naess Chief Business Officersecondary-verified
- Vikram Kothari VP Manufacturing & HardwareIR-verified
- Mohi Khansari Head of Robot LearningIR-verified
- Dar Sleeper VP of GrowthIR-verified
- Jorge Milburn VP of Salessecondary-verified
- Per Selvaag VP of Designsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Bernt Bornichsolefounded 2014-01-01
Former / Previously (2)
- Eric Jang VP of AIsecondary-verified
- Phuong Nguyen Former CTO (Halodi)reported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for 1X Technologies.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Operated deployments (1)
- NEONorway
Operator customers (1)
- 1X Technologies1 deployment
Brains developed (2)
- 1X World Modelworld-model · commercial
- Redwood AIfoundation-model · pilot
Peer companies
- Roborock19 models
- Ecovacs Robotics16 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
Supplied by (1)
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships (3)
- NVIDIA x 1X (Project GR00T) with NVIDIAtechnology
- 1X Technologies Series B (2024) with Samsung Electronics, EQT Ventures, Nistad Groupinvestment
- 1X x OpenAI with OpenAI Roboticstechnologyreported, not operationally verified
Funding rounds (2)
- Series B2024-01-11
$100M(reported) · $820M post
Investors: EQT Ventures (lead), Samsung Next (strategic), Tiger Global Management, OpenAI
- Series A22023-03-01
$24M
Investors: OpenAI (lead), Tiger Global Management, Sandwater, Alliance Ventures (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi), Skagerak Capital
Sources (10)
- The Robot Report — 1X announces NEO pre-order launch · https://www.therobotreport.com/1x-announces-pre-order-launch-neo-humanoid-robot/ · 2025-11-03
- https://www.1x.tech/discover/introducing-neo-gamma
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251211360340/en/1X-Announces-Strategic-Partnership-to-Make-up-to-10000-Humanoid-Robots-Available-to-EQTs-Global-Portfolio
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/1x-struck-a-deal-to-send-its-home-humanoids-to-factories-and-warehouses/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-11/eqt-to-send-10-000-humanoid-robots-from-startup-1x-to-portfolio-companies
- https://www.therobotreport.com/1x-built-humanoid-neo-gamma-better-fit-home/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/1x-will-test-humanoid-robots-in-a-few-hundred-homes-in-2025/
- https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/09/24/1x-unveils-humanoid-robot-for-the-home-as-it-seeks-to-raise-1-billion-in-new-funding/94713/
- https://www.dezeen.com/2025/02/24/neo-gamma-1x-humanoid-home-robot/
- https://sifted.eu/articles/1x-humanoid-robot-launch
Common questions
- What is 1X Technologies?
- Norwegian/American humanoid robotics company (formerly Halodi Robotics), backed by the OpenAI Startup Fund. Develops NEO, a soft-bodied bipedal humanoid aimed at the consumer home market. Opened NEO pre-orders in October 2025 with first U.S. deliveries targeted for 2026.
- Where is 1X Technologies based?
- 1X Technologies is based in Palo Alto, CA, USA (R&D in Oslo, Norway).
- When was 1X Technologies founded?
- 1X Technologies was founded in 2014.
- What does 1X Technologies make?
- 1X Technologies has 3 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: NEO Gamma, EVE, NEO (1X Technologies builds physical robots).
- Where does 1X Technologies operate robots?
- 1X Technologies operates 1 verified deployment, including at Norway.
- Is 1X Technologies safe?
- 1X Technologies has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 10 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-24
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-24
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for 1X Technologies.Peer companies
- Roborock19 models
- Ecovacs Robotics16 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/1x-technologies.md
- RSS feed: /companies/1x-technologies/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/601e0482-0090-4fda-8cf5-e1d9e5f0d3ee
- Revision history: /companies/1x-technologies/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Roborock19 models
- Ecovacs Robotics16 models
- SharkNinja14 models
- Unitree Robotics9 models
- iRobot9 models
- Mammotion7 models
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
31.1/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Safety Record
Funding Health
Deployment Scale
IP Activity
Hiring Signal
Market Presence
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
Intelligence layer