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1X launches World Model Lab for embodied foundation-model pretraining

Jun 4, 2026 · Market Signal · 1X Technologies · Humanoid

  • 1X launched the 1X World Model Lab to focus on large-scale embodied world-model pretraining for humanoid robots.
  • The lab is led by Sam Sinha, who previously worked on large-scale multimodal generative foundation models at Luma AI.
  • 1X said the lab will combine web-scale media, egocentric human videos, simulation, dexterous teleoperated robot data, and on-policy NEO data to improve real-world humanoid deployment.

1X is a humanoid robotics company developing NEO, a soft, tendon-driven home robot designed for safe interaction in everyday environments. OpenAI Startup Fund led a 1X funding round in 2023. Formerly known as Halodi Robotics (rebranded in 2023).

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Humanoid
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Jun 4, 2026
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Palo Alto, CA · United States