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1X Technologies

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1X Technologies AS
Robotics companyStartup
1XHalodi Robotics

Norwegian-American robotics and AI company developing general-purpose humanoid robots EVE and NEO, primarily for home environments.

Founded2014Norway
HQPalo AltoUnited States
Total funding$123500B2 · 2023–2024
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01 · About

1X Technologies

Founded 2014 · Palo Alto, United States

1X Technologies (known as Halodi Robotics until 2022) is a Norwegian-American robotics and AI company developing general-purpose humanoid robots. Founded in 2014 in Norway by Bernt Øivind Børnich, the company initially focused on safe actuators and full-body control systems for industrial and healthcare robotics. In 2018 it introduced its first humanoid, EVE — a wheeled robot for logistics, security and healthcare. After rebranding in 2022, 1X shifted its focus to domestic robotics; it unveiled NEO Beta in 2024 and NEO Gamma in 2025 — a bipedal humanoid intended for private homes. Global headquarters are in Palo Alto, California, with manufacturing operations in Hayward (California) and Moss (Norway).

Founders

  • Bernt Øivind Børnich

    Founder & CEO

    Norwegian roboticist; founded the company in 2014 under the name Halodi Robotics.

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

3 areas · 3 technologies · 1 industries
What they do3Areas
  • Humanoid robots
  • Embodied AI
  • AI hardware
How they do it3Technologies
  • Robotics
  • Embodied AI
  • Computer vision
Who for1Industries
  • Robotics
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ Palo Alto · 2 offices · 2 regions
North AmericaEurope
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2014 · Series B
2014founded
$124Mtotal funding
Series Blatest round
growthdevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
$124M
total funding
2 · 2023–2024
Series A2March 2023OpenAI Startup Fund, Tiger Global, Sandwater, Alliance Ventures, Skagerak Capital
$23.5M
Series BJanuary 2024EQT Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Nistad Group, OpenAI Startup Fund, Tiger Global
$100M
06 · Relations

Organizational relations

1 strategic relations

Strategic relations

1
  • Funded by
    OpenAIOpenAI Startup Fund led the Series A2 round ($23.5M) in March 2023.
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 6 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagegrowth
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeRobotics company+ Startup

External links

08 · Related content

Articles

6 articles
SoftBank in Talks to Take Control of 1X at a $6 Billion Valuation
News30 August 2026

SoftBank in Talks to Take Control of 1X at a $6 Billion Valuation

SoftBank is negotiating a majority stake in 1X Technologies at roughly $6 billion — below the $10 billion the company sought a year earlier. NEO preorders sold out in five days, yet no delivery has been confirmed.

The Dexterity Divide: Tendon vs. Direct-Drive Robot Hands
News19 August 2026

The Dexterity Divide: Tendon vs. Direct-Drive Robot Hands

Brett Adcock called Figure’s tendon gripper one of his worst engineering decisions. Rivals at Foundation and 1X pushed back at once, opening a public fight over how humanoid hands should be built.

1X's Børnich sees a "hard takeoff" in 3 years, details NEO
News3 August 2026

1X's Børnich sees a "hard takeoff" in 3 years, details NEO

1X CEO Bernt Børnich predicts a robotics "hard takeoff" in three years and lays out NEO as an open platform with a four-tier data pyramid. The humanoid is set at $20,000 or $499 a month, shipping in 2026.

1X Technologies unveils new NEO hands: 25 DoF and tactile sensing
News15 July 2026

1X Technologies unveils new NEO hands: 25 DoF and tactile sensing

1X Technologies unveiled the next-generation hands for its NEO humanoid — tendon-driven actuation with forearm-mounted motors, 25 degrees of freedom, and fingertip tactile sensors. The company also appointed Bill Nash as CFO as it prepares for consumer shipments in 2026.

RoboCup 2026: first-ever 11-vs-11 humanoid soccer match
News12 July 2026

RoboCup 2026: first-ever 11-vs-11 humanoid soccer match

In Incheon, South Korea, humanoid robots played the first-ever 11-vs-11 soccer match on real hardware. RoboCup 2026 also brought the debut of Generalist AI's GEN-1 model, achieving 99% success on simple physical tasks.

1X goes all-in on world models, hires Luma AI head researcher
News5 June 2026

1X goes all-in on world models, hires Luma AI head researcher

1X Technologies launches the 1X World Model Lab and hires Samarth Sinha from Luma AI. CEO Bernt Bornich declares that fine-tuning LLMs for robotics is a dead end. The company plans to ship thousands of NEO robots in 2026.