1X Technologies1X Technologies
LatestSeries B ($100M, Jan 2024, led by EQT Ventures)
Conflicting accounts, not officially disclosed: a 2026 report by 财信证券 said ~$9.4B (May 2024), while a 2025 industry report said ~$375M (possibly an older basis); The Information reported in 2025 that the company was raising up to $1B at a target valuation of at least $10B (to be confirmed)
1X Technologies AS (formerly Halodi Robotics AS)
An OpenAI-backed home bipedal humanoid company; NEO priced at $20,000 or $499/month subscription; the first 10,000 units sold out in 5 days; US home deliveries in 2026
数据截至2026-08-24
About
1X Technologies, formerly Halodi Robotics, was founded in Norway by Bernt Børnich in 2014, renamed in 2023, headquartered in Moss, Norway, and operating in California, USA. The company focuses on general-purpose humanoid robots for the home; its early product was the wheeled humanoid EVE (once deployed in security patrol and other scenarios), and in October 2024 it unveiled the bipedal home robot NEO, iterating to NEO Gamma in 2025. On October 28, 2025, NEO opened for preorder: the first 10,000 units sold out in 5 days and the entire first-year capacity was booked; pricing runs outright and subscription in parallel: $20,000 to own (with a 3-year warranty and priority delivery) or a $499/month subscription (6-month minimum contract, $200 deposit). On April 30, 2026, the NEO factory in Hayward, California reached full production - the first vertically integrated large-scale humanoid robot factory in the US, which itself trials robots for logistics tasks; deliveries to US homes are planned for Q3-Q4 2026 (US and Canada first), global expansion in 2027, a target of over 100,000 units per year, and a plan to provide 10,000 units to 300+ EQT portfolio companies for industrial use in 2026-2030. On the technology side it released a new generation of tendon-driven dexterous hands, advancing NEO from teleoperation toward autonomy via safety-first soft hardware design plus hybrid teleoperation/embodied-model automation. Funding: a $2.9M angel round in December 2019, a $13M Series A in 2021, a $23.5M Series A2 in 2023 (led by the OpenAI Startup Fund), and a $100M Series B in January 2024 (led by EQT Ventures, with Tiger Global and Samsung NEXT participating) - over $130M raised in total.
Technical Approach
Differentiates with a home-first entry: NEO uses tendon drives and soft materials for safety, allowing a gradual transition from teleoperation to autonomy; commercially it pioneered the humanoid subscription model ($499/month), pushing the price into the consumer-affordable range. Mass production relies on self-built capacity at the Hayward vertically integrated factory, first feeding data and revenue through its own factory logistics tasks and EQT-ecosystem industrial scenarios, then scaling home delivery.
Commercialization（4）
- NEO priced at $20,000 outright or $499/month subscription (6-month minimum); the first 10,000 units sold out in 5 days and first-year capacity is fully booked
- Plans to provide 10,000 NEO units to 300+ EQT portfolio companies for industrial scenarios in 2026-2030
- The Hayward factory self-manufactures and trials robots in-plant for logistics tasks; targets over 100,000 units/year in 2027
- Over $130M raised in total, from investors including the OpenAI Startup Fund, EQT Ventures, Tiger Global, and Samsung NEXT
Position & Strengths（4）
- Pioneered consumer humanoid pricing with outright and subscription in parallel; $499/month dramatically lowers the household barrier
- The first vertically integrated US humanoid robot factory in Hayward, leading the home category in production pace
- Soft safety designs such as tendon drives plus a gradual teleoperation-to-autonomy route fit home safety requirements
- Capital and ecosystem endorsement from OpenAI, EQT, Samsung, and others