1X accelerates plans to deliver NEO to developers
1X founder Bernt Børnich said the company would accelerate plans to deliver NEO robots to developers while keeping its consumer roadmap in place.
Evidence notes
- Børnich said 1X would accelerate plans to deliver NEO to developers and would provide dates and specifics later.
- He positioned NEO as a safe, affordable and capable humanoid development platform for researchers and robotics startups.
- Børnich said the developer initiative does not change the home-customer roadmap and argued that it should improve the consumer product.
Company context
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).