RoboAtlas Summary
1X is an AI and robotics company founded in 2014 that develops general-purpose humanoid robots for home and enterprise work.
Last verified: 2026.09.13
Overview
Products listed
5
Flagship product
NEO
Primary scenarios
Consumer and industrial
Commercial progress
Commercial delivery
Official positioning
1X says its mission is to build general-purpose robots capable of performing work autonomously.
Hardware scope
Its public robot range includes NEO, a home humanoid robot, and EVE, a wheeled humanoid designed for enterprise work.
Intelligence scope
1X develops embodied world models and robot-learning systems for NEO, including data collection and on-policy learning.
Go-to-market
1X describes NEO as a home robot while also offering enterprise robot-fleet programs for commercial applications.
Products
Active products
People
Bernt Øyvind Børnich
Founder and CEO
Founder and CEO of 1X, as identified in the company's official profile.
Funding history
Series B
USD 100M
EQT Ventures and other global investors; Samsung NEXT, Skagerak Capital and Nistad Group are named key participants
Series A2
USD 23.5M
OpenAI Startup Fund (lead), Tiger Global, Sandwater, Alliance Ventures, Skagerak Capital, Thursday Ventures, Trevor Blackwell, Type One
Series A
NOK 86M
Valinor AS (lead), Jakob Hatteland Holding, ADT Commercial, Altopack, StrongPoint, other Norwegian financial investors
Timeline
- Company founded
1X founded
1X's official timeline traces the company to 2014.
- Product released
EVE
- Funding
Capital investment (equity + convertible loan)
- Funding
Series A
- Funding
Series A2
- Funding
Series B
- Product released
NEO Beta
- Product released
NEO Gamma
- Product released
NEO
References
1X company profile1X · Official website · 2026.08.141X launches World Model Lab1X · Official news · 2026.06.041X secures USD 100M Series B funding1X · Official press release · 2024.01.131X Raises $23.5M in Series A2 Funding led by OpenAI1X · Official news · 2023.03.23Halodi Robotics adds strategic investment from customers Altopack and StrongPointNordic9 · news article · 2021.04.06Skagerak Capital on 1X Technologies’ latest funding roundSkagerak Capital · news article · 2023.03.24
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