1X Technologies (NEO, Redwood AI)

Robot maker or lab, HQ Norway. Redwood is trained on teleoperated and autonomous episodes from NEOs in 1X offices and employee homes; consumer NEO offers scheduled remote supervision by 1X Experts.

Data it collects

Workers in

United States

Scale

• NEO preorders opened at $20,000 or $499/month; buyers agree a remote operator may see inside the home (2025-10-28)

Pay

• Operator - Data Collection (San Carlos): $28-$36/hr plus equity
• $28 to $36/h Operator - Data Collection (humanoid VR teleop), San Carlos CA ashbyhq.com ↗ Secondary

Events

• 2026-01-13 1X releases world model so NEO learns from video techcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-10-28 1X opens NEO preorders with remote 'Expert' teleoperation engadget.com ↗ Secondary
• 2024-06-18 1X World Model Challenge dataset released github.com ↗ Major outlet

Sources

• Trained on a large dataset of teleoperated and autonomous episodes from EVE and NEO1x.tech ↗ Secondary
• training on a diverse dataset gathered on NEOs in 1X offices as well as employee homes1x.tech ↗ Secondary
• For complex tasks NEO doesn't know, an Expert from 1X can remotely supervise its actions at scheduled times to help it learn new abilities and get the job done.1x.tech ↗ Secondary
• First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home.wsj.com ↗ Secondary 2025-10-28
• "If we don't have your data, we can't make the product better," he said.engadget.com ↗ Secondary 2025-10-28
• For any chore it doesn’t know, you can schedule a 1X Expert to guide it, helping NEO learn while getting the job done.1x.tech ↗ Secondary 2026-10-05
• Must be between 5'5" and 6'0" to safely operate required VR equipment.ashbyhq.com ↗ Secondary 2026-09-09

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method