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date: "2026-04-30"
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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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# 1X opens Hayward NEO factory

Full title: 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.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): in its training data
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): in its training data
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): 30 days after its cutoff
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): in its training data

## Sources

1. [1X press release (GlobeNewswire): 1X opens NEO factory in Hayward](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/04/30/3285118/0/en/1x-opens-neo-factory-in-hayward-ca-america-s-first-vertically-integrated-humanoid-robot-factory-with-consumer-shipments-planned-for-2026.html) (globenewswire.com, official)
2. [1X: Order NEO](https://www.1x.tech/order) (1x.tech, official)
3. [Forbes: 1X kicks off full-scale production of Neo](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2026/04/30/1x-kicks-off-full-scale-production-of-humanoid-robot-neo/) (forbes.com, press)
4. [The Next Web: 1X starts shipping NEO (units routed to internal testing first)](https://thenextweb.com/news/1x-neo-humanoid-factory-hayward-10000-home-robots) (thenextweb.com, press)

## Changes

- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

## Related

- 2026-01-12: [1X turns its video world model into a robot policy for NEO](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-01-12-1x-world-model-policy/index.md)
- Models: [1X Redwood AI](https://postcutoff.com/m/1x-redwood/) (`1x-redwood`)