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1X

NEO home humanoid.

HQ
Moss, Norway and Palo Alto
Founded
2014
Web
1x.tech
Camps
Physical AI

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What it does

1X sells NEO, a soft-bodied home humanoid, at $20,000 or $499 a month; its first year of production sold out in five days of preorders in October 2025. It signed a deal to put up to 10,000 units into EQT portfolio companies and was reported in September 2025 to be raising at $10B or more.

Camp membership over time

  1. dates not recorded
    Physical AI and robotics
    NEO home humanoid; preorders sold out; EQT deal for 10,000 units.

Capital

AmountKindValuationDateInvestorsSource
$100MSeries B Jan 2024 EQT Ventures, Samsung NEXT Tech Startups
$1B reportedfunding round (reported talks) $10B reportedSep 2025 Reported target; not confirmed closed. Tech Startups

People

BBBernt BornichFounder and CEO