1X (1x.tech) is a Palo Alto, California-based AI and robotics company focused on building general-purpose humanoid robots intended to perform real work for people at home and (initially) in other environments. The company’s flagship consumer product is NEO, described as a “friendly home robot” designed to integrate into everyday life and complete chores through a combination of conversation-based interaction and physical task execution.
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1X has also deployed a prior generation of humanoid/robot offerings for enterprise use, including EVE Industrial, and it positions its technical differentiation around end-to-end “embodied AI” learning loops—using data from real robot deployments to train models that can then be evaluated and redeployed. The company is currently in a production-scaling phase: it announced full-scale production at its NEO Factory in Hayward, California, and stated capacity targets for NEO output as it ramps manufacturing and prepares additional facilities.
Sam SinhaFounding Researcher and Head of World Models (1X World Model Lab)
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Christoph KohstallCEO, Kind Humanoid (acquired by 1X)
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NEO’s Hands | An API to the Physical World1X announced a new tendon-driven hand design for the NEO humanoid platform, emphasizing force transparency and improved dexterity/strength characteristics.
Welcoming Tom Sanocki as VP of Engineering1X announced Tom Sanocki as VP of Engineering, describing his experience and linking the role to the company’s software roadmap.
1X Launches World Model Lab to Scale Humanoid Intelligence, Appoints Sam Sinha as Head of World Models and Founding Researcher1X announced the 1X World Model Lab focused on pretraining/scaling embodied world models, and named Sam Sinha as founding researcher and head of world models.
1X Opens NEO Factory in Hayward, CA — Vertically integrated production with consumer shipments planned for 20261X announced that its NEO Factory in Hayward, California commenced full-scale production, describing the facility size, staff, in-house manufacturing scope, and production capacity plans.
NEO Factory | Building Your NEO1X provided an update on ramping NEO manufacturing in Hayward and stated NEO output capacity targets as it also prepares additional facilities.
Developing NEO’s AI Using NVIDIA’s Robotics Platform1X described its use of NVIDIA robotics/AI tooling in its development pipeline for simulation, training data generation, and onboard inference.