{"city":"Palo Alto","name":"1X Technologies","slug":"1x-technologies","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-18","type":"deployment","value":"50000","source":"interestingengineering.com — 2026-09-18"},{"date":"2026-09-09","type":"product_launch","value":"1X Technologies, Sunday, X Square Robot Technology, and OneRobotics began targeting the household market with robot products and services","source":"Nikkei xTech"},{"date":"2026-09-09","type":"pilot","value":"AIRoA staff conducting home-based service-robot validation with mobile manipulators","source":"Nikkei xTech"},{"date":"2026-09-02","type":"product_launch","value":"Selling NEO home robot for $20,000 or $499/month","source":"Humanoids Daily"},{"date":"2026-08-27","type":"product_launch","value":"Taking deposits for the $20,000 NEO home robot","source":"humanoid.guide"},{"date":"2026-08-27","type":"ownership_change","value":"SoftBank Group in talks to acquire a majority stake in 1X Technologies at an approximately $6 billion valuation","source":"Humanoids Daily"}],"peers":[{"name":"Dobot","rank":15,"slug":"dobot","score":"83"},{"name":"Sunday Robotics","rank":67,"slug":"sunday-robotics","score":"60.5"},{"name":"LG Electronics","rank":80,"slug":"lg-electronics","score":"55"},{"name":"The Bot Company","rank":94,"slug":"the-bot-company","score":"52"}],"stage":"Private","state":"California","aliases":["1X Technologies","1X","1X NEO"],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"1X develops and sells NEO, a general-purpose bipedal humanoid designed for household chores and operation around people. 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Dated acts include Kind Humanoid acquisition (Jan-27-25), NEO Gamma (Feb-21-25), NEO pre-orders (Oct-28-25; company claimed 10,000-unit first-year capacity sold in five days), EQT framework for up to 10,000 NEOs across portfolio companies 2026–2030 (Dec-11-25), and a 58,000 sq ft Hayward, CA factory commencing full-scale production (Apr-30-26) with first customer shipments still planned for 2026. Distinguishing point is home-first soft/tendon design plus in-house Revo motors; open question is conversion of pre-orders and EQT intent into paid fielded units versus remaining teleoperation-heavy.","sub_category":"Consumer & home","signals_total":244,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/1x-technologies","title":"1X Technologies · humanoids, Palo Alto, California, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"1X develops and sells NEO, a general-purpose bipedal humanoid designed for household chores and operation around people. It has opened pre-orders, set a $20,000 price, and planned consumer deliveries. Humanoids 100 rank 23 (score 76) 244 signals and 98 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}