1X Technologies
confidence: high · 3 watch questions · 7 evidence citations
01 TEAM & SIZE
Founded 2014 in Norway as Halodi Robotics; rebranded 1X in 2022. CEO/founder Bernt Øivind Børnich. HQ Palo Alto, CA; manufacturing Hayward (CA) + Moss (Norway). Headcount ~1,015 (RocketReach/Tracxn 2026); R&D/ops split unverified. Public execs: Børnich (CEO), Madeleine Kjellmann (HR), Jorge Milburn (EVP Sales & Ops).
02 FUNDING & STAGE
- Series A2, Mar 2023: $23.5M, OpenAI Startup Fund led (Tiger Global, Sandwater, Skagerak).
- Series B, Jan 2024: $100M, EQT Ventures led (Samsung NEXT, Nistad).
- Sep 2025: reportedly raising up to $1B at ~$10B valuation (Sacra/PitchBook) — not officially confirmed, unverified. Disclosed total ≈$126M. $10B PremierAlts/PitchBook 2026 figure is secondaries-indicative.
03 PRODUCT STATE
- EVE — wheeled humanoid, enterprise (logistics, security, light mfg). Shipping to pilots.
- NEO — bipedal home humanoid. NEO Beta Aug 2024, NEO Gamma Feb 2025, pre-orders Oct 28, 2025 at $20K or $499/mo. ~66 lb, 22-DoF hands, 22 dB, 55 lb carry. 2026 US-first, int'l 2027. Caveat: complex tasks need 1X "Expert" VR teleoperator — mixed autonomy.
- 1X World Model — open-source humanoid world-model challenge + EVE tokenized dataset (GitHub
1x-technologies/1xgpt).
04 GTM MOTION
Dual-channel:
- Consumer (NEO): direct D2C preorder via 1x.tech, US-first invitation rollout, viral X demos as top-of-funnel.
- Enterprise (EVE+NEO): Dec 2025 framework with EQT Ventures — up to 10,000 NEOs to 300+ EQT portcos (warehousing, mfg, logistics) through 2030. No resellers. No public EVE pricing.
05 CORE THESIS
Humanoid = hardware+data flywheel: ship early (teleop-assisted) → collect interaction data → train world model → close autonomy loop. Neural-drive tendon actuation + soft body = consumer-safe form factor Figure/Tesla can't match on in-home safety. Norway hardware DNA + OpenAI/Samsung software alignment = vertical-stack bet.
06 PUBLIC SIGNALS INVENTORY
07 52-WEEK QUESTIONS
- Q1Does 1X ship >100 NEO units to paying consumers by Q4 2026, and what % of tasks are autonomous vs teleop-assisted (disclosed or leaked)?
- Q2Does the rumored ~$10B / ~$1B round close and with which lead — and does it include strategic (Samsung / OpenAI follow-on) vs pure financial?
- Q3How many EQT-portfolio NEO units actually deploy in 2026 (target implies ~1,000–2,000 in yr 1 to hit 10K by 2030)?
08 WEEKLY TIMELINE
0 signalsTIMELINE EMPTY · WEEK 0
Auto-feed fetcher ships Month 2. Manual diffs via Friday script start Week 2.
09 EVIDENCE
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09 EVIDENCE
7 items · expand- S-2-0011X Technologies — Wikipedia — founding, Halodi rebrand, round amounts, product timeline, HQ
- S-2-0021X Secures $100M in Series B (1x.tech) — Jan 2024, EQT Ventures led
- S-2-003TechCrunch "1X struck a deal to send its home humanoids to factories and warehouses" (Dec 2025) — EQT 10K-unit deployment framework
- S-2-0041X NEO Home Robot page (1x.tech) — $20K / $499 mo, 2026 US-first shipping, specs
- S-2-005PremierAlts / PitchBook 2026 profile — $10B indicative valuation from secondaries
- S-2-006GitHub 1x-technologies/1xgpt — open-source world model challenge + EVE dataset
- S-2-007Fortune (Feb 2026) — teleoperator-assisted autonomy caveat confirmed
10 CONFIDENCE & UNKNOWNS
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10 CONFIDENCE & UNKNOWNS
expand- Confidence: high (public, multi-sourced on funding/product; secondary-market valuation is directional).
- Unverified: exact 2026 headcount split; whether $1B/$10B round has closed; EVE enterprise ARR; NEO actual shipped-unit count; official RSS feed.
- Requires outreach: press@1x.tech for Q1-2026 deployment numbers, autonomy ratio, EVE customer list.