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NEO at California

NEO is 1X Technologies' bipedal humanoid robot designed for household use. Features humanlike motion and a slim anthropomorphic design. NEO Beta was introduced August 2024, updated to NEO Gamma in February 2025, and pre-orders opened October 2025 at $20,000. As of late 2025, most tasks are teleoperated by humans via VR headsets.

NEO by 1X Technologies · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Humanoids

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1X Technologies industrial headquarters in Silicon Valley visited by New Yorker reporter. Security was tight, camera covered. NEO humanoid robots being tested for deployment readiness.

Key facts

Location
Silicon Valley industrial HQ
Security
Tight security, camera restrictions

Exposure

Customer segment
consumer
Scale tier
pilot lt10

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Safety record

No incidents on record for NEO at California.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-17
Model
NEO
Company
1X Technologies
Location
United States/California
Operator
1X Technologies
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
ID
f237969d-5dc0-4fcf-b29a-34478f75a87c

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

  1. https://www.newyorker.com/2026/06/29/1x-neo-deployment
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-17

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: superseded

Architectural position

Cohort: humanoid

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the NEO deployment at California?
NEO, built by 1X Technologies, is recorded as a deployment at California on the DEPLOY registry. 1X Technologies operates the deployment directly.
Who operates NEO at California?
1X Technologies, the manufacturer of NEO, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
Have there been incidents at the NEO deployment at California?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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