1X Technologies Europe

1X Technologies (founded 2014 as Halodi Robotics, rebranded 2022, HQ Palo Alto) is developing the NEO humanoid home robot, priced at $20,000 upfront or $499/month subscription, with delivery planned for 2026. The company has raised over $125M, counts OpenAI and EQT Ventures among its backers, and has sold out its first-year production capacity of ~10,000 units. Critically, multiple independent sources confirm that NEO is currently teleoperated by 1X employees via VR headset — a human performs the household tasks, not the robot — with full autonomy explicitly stated as a future goal rather than a present reality. Independent reviewers have raised serious concerns about limited capability even under teleoperation, privacy implications of company employees viewing inside customers' homes, and comparisons to failed consumer tech launches.