1X Technologies
1X, founded in Norway in 2014 as Halodi Robotics and renamed in 2023, builds the EVE wheeled humanoid and the NEO home humanoid. It opened consumer preorders for NEO at USD 20,000 in October 2025 and is backed by the OpenAI Startup Fund and EQT.
- Type
- startup
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, California (engineering in Moss, Norway), United States
- Founded
- 2014
- Founders
- Bernt Oivind Bornich
- Status
- active
- Employees (est.)
- n/d
- Disclosed funding
- n/d
- Valuation
- n/d
- Listed
- private
- Website
- 1x.tech
What the record says.
1X Technologies started in 2014 as Halodi Robotics in Moss, Norway, founded by Bernt Oivind Bornich, and later moved its headquarters to Palo Alto, California, keeping engineering in Norway. Its first product was EVE, a wheeled humanoid pitched at security patrol, logistics and healthcare, deployed in small numbers.
It raised a USD 23.5 million Series A2 led by the OpenAI Startup Fund in March 2023 and a USD 100 million Series B led by EQT Ventures in January 2024, taking disclosed funding past USD 130 million. In September 2025 it was reported to be seeking up to USD 1 billion at a USD 10 billion valuation; no close was announced. In August 2026 The Information, summarised by Reuters, reported SoftBank was in talks to buy a majority stake at about USD 6 billion.
Its current product is NEO, a bipedal home humanoid shown as NEO Beta in August 2024 and NEO Gamma in February 2025. Preorders opened in October 2025 at USD 20,000 or USD 499 per month, with deliveries promised for 2026. Early units rely on VR teleoperation. In December 2025 1X agreed to supply up to 10,000 NEO units to EQT portfolio companies between 2026 and 2030, a shift from homes to industrial sites. As of late August 2026 no customer deliveries had been publicly confirmed.
4 humanoids tracked.
EVE
EVE was 1X's (formerly Halodi Robotics) wheeled humanoid, deployed in small numbers for security patrols and used to collect training data for the company's neural networks. It preceded the legged NEO family.
NEO
NEO is 1X's consumer home humanoid, opened for preorder on 28 October 2025 at USD 20,000 with deliveries planned for 2026. It is about 30 kg, tendon-driven and wears a soft suit, and it uses remote human operators for tasks it cannot yet do autonomously. It is the first humanoid marketed directly to households at a published price.
NEO Beta
NEO Beta was the first bipedal home humanoid 1X showed, in August 2024, using tendon-driven actuation to keep the robot light and safe around people. It was followed by NEO Gamma in February 2025 and the consumer NEO in October 2025.
NEO Gamma
NEO Gamma, revealed in February 2025, added a soft knit suit, quieter actuators and an onboard visual manipulation model for early home testing. It was the direct predecessor of the NEO consumer product.
Rounds and valuations.
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Lead | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Series C | n/a | $10B* | Reported in September 2025 that 1X was seeking up to USD 1 billion at a valuation above USD 10 billion ahead of the NEO consumer launch (October 28, 2025). Closing details to be verified. | |
| 11 Jan 2024 | Series B | $100M | n/d | EQT Ventures | Funded the NEO home humanoid program and manufacturing scale-up in Norway. |
| 23 Mar 2023 | Series A | $24M | n/d | OpenAI Startup Fund | Described by the company as a Series A2; it financed the EVE wheeled humanoid rollout and the start of the NEO bipedal program. |
* reported, not confirmed by the company.
At customer sites.
| Robot | Customer | Site | Since | Status | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEO | Consumers (preorder customers) | Private homes, initially in the United States, United States | 2026 | announced | n/d |
| NEO | Homes of employees and selected early users, US and Norway, United States | 2025 | pilot | n/d | |
| EVE | ADT Commercial | Commercial buildings in the US, United States | 2022 | ended | n/d |
Milestones.
1X opens preorders for NEO at 20,000 dollars
1X launches NEO for consumers at 20,000 dollars or 499 dollars per month with deliveries promised for 2026, and acknowledges that many tasks will initially be done by remote human operators who can see inside customers' homes. The launch sets off a public debate on teleoperation and privacy in home humanoids.
Nvidia releases GR00T N1, an open humanoid foundation model
At GTC 2025 Nvidia releases GR00T N1, described as the first open, fully customisable foundation model for humanoid reasoning and skills, with 1X demonstrating it on NEO. It is followed by GR00T N1.5 and N1.6 in the same year.
1X unveils NEO Beta, a soft bodied home humanoid
1X presents NEO Beta, a 165 cm, 30 kg bipedal humanoid with a knitted soft cover and tendon driven joints intended for home use. It is the first humanoid explicitly designed for consumers' homes.
OpenAI Startup Fund leads a 23.5 million dollar round in 1X
Norwegian company 1X Technologies (formerly Halodi Robotics), maker of the wheeled EVE humanoid, raises a Series A2 led by the OpenAI Startup Fund with Tiger Global. It is OpenAI's first humanoid investment.
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