Brand Profile
1X NEO
The lightest bipedal humanoid at 30 kg. The fastest at 6.2 m/s. The only one with a subscription model. Pre-orders are open. 1X NEO is the closest thing to a consumer humanoid robot available in 2026.
Last updated: July 2026
Purchase price
$20,000
$200 deposit to reserve
Subscription
$499/mo
6-month minimum
Weight
30 kg
Lightest bipedal humanoid
EQT enterprise deal
10,000
Units, 300+ companies, 2026-2030
Why NEO Is Different
Three records no other humanoid holds
At 30 kg, NEO is the lightest bipedal humanoid robot on the market — roughly half the weight of Figure 02 or Boston Dynamics Atlas. Weight matters for home deployment because it reduces the energy required to move, lowers the risk of damage during falls, and makes the robot less intimidating in residential spaces.
At 6.2 m/s, NEO is the fastest bipedal humanoid. Hand speed of 8.0 m/s gives it the dexterity to match human-speed manipulation tasks. These performance figures come from 1X's background in motor control research — the company's founders prioritized efficiency and agility over raw strength.
The $499/month subscription is the first of its kind in the industry. Rather than requiring a $20,000 upfront commitment, 1X lets customers access the robot as a service, with software updates included. This model is designed for the reality that NEO is an Early Access product — the hardware ships today, and capabilities improve with software over the coming years.
Technical Specs
1X NEO specifications
Home-Grade Design
Built for living spaces, not factory floors
IP68 hands means the fingertips are submersible — NEO can wash dishes or handle wet ingredients without damaging the sensors. IP44 body protection handles splashes. These ratings reflect a deliberate design choice: most humanoid robots are designed for dry industrial environments and have no moisture protection.
The ~22 dB noise level is quieter than a typical refrigerator (45 dB) and far below a vacuum cleaner (65-70 dB). For a robot operating in a home, noise is a quality-of-life issue that most manufacturers have not addressed because their target environments are factories where ambient noise is already 70-80 dB.
The 6-minute quick-charge per hour of runtime means that with 30 minutes of charging, NEO can run for 5 hours. This is designed for overnight charging with daytime availability — a usage pattern that makes sense in a home.
Pricing
Two ways to get NEO
Purchase
$20,000
Early Access price. $200 deposit to reserve. US deliveries beginning 2026.
Classified as Early Access / Prototype
Monthly subscription
$499/month
6-month minimum. Hardware, software, and updates included.
First robot subscription model in the industry
Early Access means: NEO ships as a capable but unfinished product. Expect software updates that add new skills and tasks. 1X is transparent that buyers are early adopters helping shape the product — not receiving a finished consumer appliance. The $200 deposit is refundable up to a specified cutoff.
Enterprise Traction
EQT: 10,000 units across 300+ companies
Private equity firm EQT signed a deal for up to 10,000 NEO units to be deployed across more than 300 portfolio companies between 2026 and 2030. This is the largest single enterprise commitment in the humanoid robot industry as of July 2026.
The scale matters for 1X: 10,000 units validates the manufacturing economics, provides a stable revenue base, and creates a diverse real-world deployment environment that generates training data across different industries. EQT portfolio companies span logistics, manufacturing, healthcare, and property management — each environment teaches NEO something different.
EQT is also a 1X investor (Series B lead). The deal is therefore a customer relationship and a financial commitment to the company's success. That alignment creates a strong incentive for EQT to support successful deployment rather than simply holding units as proof-of-concept.
Company
1X Technologies — from Norway
1X Technologies is headquartered in Norway, not Silicon Valley. That origin is relevant: Scandinavian labor markets have extremely high wage floors, which makes the economic case for a $499/month robot compelling in a way that requires less explanation than it does in lower-wage markets.
The company received early backing from the OpenAI Startup Fund — OpenAI's vehicle for investing in AI-adjacent hardware companies. The Series B round of $100M (January 2024) was led by EQT Ventures and included Samsung NEXT and OpenAI. 1X was reportedly seeking $1B at a $10B+ valuation in September 2025, which would represent a 10x increase from the Series B implied valuation.
Before NEO, 1X built EVE — a wheeled (non-bipedal) robot for security applications. 150-250 EVE units are deployed at Everon and ADT Commercial for night-time security patrols. EVE proved 1X can deploy and operate robots in commercial environments; NEO is the leap to the more challenging bipedal form factor.