1X Technologies has commenced full-scale production at its new NEO Factory in Hayward, California, the OpenAI-backed humanoid robotics company said. The plant, which spans roughly 58,000 square feet, is described as the most vertically integrated humanoid factory in the United States.
Inside The Plant
1X manufactures critical components in-house, including motors, batteries, structural frames, transmissions, soft goods, and sensors. Visitors will see metal cutting and automated motor-manufacturing lines that spin copper coils alongside final-assembly cells where NEO bodies come together. The plant currently employs more than 200 people and is hiring aggressively.
Capacity Ramp
Initial capacity is 10,000 NEO units per year, with 1X targeting more than 100,000 units by the end of 2027. The company will start delivering NEOs primarily to U.S. customers in 2026, beginning with Early Access buyers who purchased priority slots at $20,000 per robot.
The Product
NEO is a bimanual home humanoid designed to operate alongside humans in residential environments. Pre-orders for the first year of production sold out within five days of the October 2025 unveil, and 1X is now opening the second wave of slots aligned to factory output.
Why Hayward
Hayward gives 1X proximity to OpenAI in San Francisco, to its supplier base in the Bay Area, and to a dense pool of robotics talent. The choice — over lower-cost geographies — reflects a deliberate decision to maintain end-to-end control of hardware quality as 1X scales from prototype to mass production.
Market Context
The factory opening intensifies a global humanoid manufacturing race that now includes Hyundai's 25,000-unit Atlas program, Figure AI's BotQ line, Apptronik's Apollo expansion, and Chinese players such as Unitree Robotics heading toward IPO. 1X is positioning itself uniquely as the only company building a humanoid explicitly for the home rather than the factory.
What's Next
Watch for delivery cadence updates, NEO performance metrics from early customers, and the next pricing wave once the factory hits its 10,000-unit annual rate.
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Reporting based on coverage from 1X Newsroom, The Robot Report, TechFundingNews, and Interesting Engineering.