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Oliver Stark

Founder and CEO of Halcyon Robotics, a San Francisco-based startup building dexterous robot hands for the humanoid robotics industry. Previously developed robot hands at 1X Technologies (maker of the NEO humanoid). Holds an MSc in Bioengineering from Imperial College London (First Class).

Founded Halcyon in 2025 to build the dexterous hand the humanoid industry needs; the company raised approximately $6.4M in equity funding (SEC Form D, July 2026).

British · 2 current roles · 1 founding

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Halcyon Roboticsverified→
Founder
San Francisco-based robotics startup developing advanced dexterous robotic hands and humanoid torsos for e-commerce and commercial tasks.
Seed · $6M2 models
1X Technologiesverified→
Former Robot Hand Developer
1X Technologies (formerly Halodi) is a Norwegian-Estonian humanoid robotics company developing NEO — a general-purpose home humanoid robot.
Series B · $100M8 verified deployments · NEO at Oslo, Norway →4 models

Current roles (2)

Halcyon Robotics Founder & CEOSEC-verified
Halcyon Robotics Founder & CEOSecondary-verified

Foundings (1)

Halcyon Roboticscofounderno longer at company

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Co-founders (1)

Ivor Jarman co-founded Halcyon Robotics

Former / Previously (1)

1X Technologies Robot Hand Developer? to 2025-01-01Secondary-verified

Sources (1)

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2144337/000214433726000002/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml

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