# NEO at California: deployment

Canonical ID: `f237969d-5dc0-4fcf-b29a-34478f75a87c`

[1X Technologies](/companies/1x-technologies.md) industrial headquarters in Silicon Valley visited by New Yorker reporter. Security was tight, camera covered. [NEO](/models/neo.md) humanoid robots being tested for deployment readiness.

## Key facts

- **Location:** Silicon Valley industrial HQ
- **Security:** Tight security, camera restrictions

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-17_

- **Slug:** 1x-neo-silicon-valley-hq-2026
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [NEO](/models/neo.md) (id: `98c4f5a4-593f-484e-84d9-6d138351acfb`)
- **Category:** [Humanoids](/humanoids)
- **Company:** [1X Technologies](/companies/1x-technologies.md) (id: `601e0482-0090-4fda-8cf5-e1d9e5f0d3ee`)
- **Location:** [California](/locations/united-states/california.md) (id: `fdf937a9-5eeb-4e8d-a514-ef860b351b30`)
- **Operator:** [1X Technologies](/companies/1x-technologies.md) (id: `601e0482-0090-4fda-8cf5-e1d9e5f0d3ee`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.newyorker.com/2026/06/29/1x-neo-deployment

## Verified answers

- [Which humanoid robots can you actually buy in 2026?](/which-humanoid-robots-can-you-actually-buy.md)

## 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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