1X opens Hayward NEO factory; home humanoid production begins
On 2026-04-30 1X opened a 58,000 sq ft vertically integrated factory in Hayward, California and started production of NEO, its $20,000 home humanoid, targeting 10,000 units in 2026 and 100,000+/yr by end-2027; as of late September 2026 no customer home delivery had been confirmed publicly.
Key facts
- 58,000 sq ft; 200+ staff; motors, batteries, transmissions, structures, soft goods and sensors made in-house
- Capacity: 10,000 units in 2026; 100,000+ units/yr targeted by end of 2027
- 10,000+ preorders sold out within five days of the 2025-10-28 launch
- Price: $20,000 Early Access or $499/month; $200 refundable deposit; US deliveries 'start 2026'
- Onboard compute: NVIDIA Jetson Thor; autonomy from Redwood AI plus remote teleoperation
What happened
1X, backed by OpenAI's startup fund among others, began series production of NEO. The first units went to internal testing, R&D and in-home testing programs before customer deliveries. By mid-July 2026 no independently verified delivery to a customer home had been reported, and we found none by 2026-09-29.
Why it matters
NEO is the first humanoid sold for consumer homes at scale via preorders; whether 1X ships in 2026 is a key test of the home-humanoid market.
Changelog
- 2026-09-29: created
Models
- 1X Redwood AI 1X Technologies · current
Related events
Sources (4)
- official1X press release (GlobeNewswire): 1X opens NEO factory in Hayward
- official1X: Order NEO
- pressForbes: 1X kicks off full-scale production of Neo
- pressThe Next Web: 1X starts shipping NEO (units routed to internal testing first)
id: 2026-04-30-1x-neo-factory · updated 2026-09-29 · open in the interactive timeline