Who Actually Makes the NEO Robot — And Why People Mix It Up with Tesla
Who Actually Makes the NEO Robot — And Why People Mix It Up with Tesla
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Short version
The NEO robot is made and sold by 1X Technologies. That is what 1X itself says in the official announcement on October 28, 2025. It is a home-focused humanoid — not an automotive add-on and not a Tesla experiment.
It is not a Tesla product. Tesla’s own AI & robotics page in 2025 still calls its humanoid “Optimus.” If the robot in your thumbnail is called “NEO,” you should attribute it to 1X, not to Tesla.
Why people get confused
In late 2025, two things happened at once: 1X showed a good-looking, household-scale humanoid called NEO, and Tesla kept posting progress videos of Optimus. Both are tall, both are bipedal, both talk about “doing chores or repetitive tasks.” When someone then drops a Tesla logo and a real NEO photo into the same frame — exactly what you said you will do — readers will assume Tesla made NEO. So the article has to tell them clearly: NEO = 1X.
Think of it like this: Tesla is chasing a general-purpose factory-and-beyond robot; 1X is chasing “a robot that actually lives in your house.” Similar dream, different company.
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| Courtesy of 1X https://www.1x.tech/press |
Who 1X Technologies is (the real maker)
1X Technologies is an AI and robotics company with Norwegian roots and a current base in Palo Alto, California. On October 28, 2025, they announced NEO as “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot designed to transform life at home.” That’s straight from the source, and that is what your post should reflect.
NEO was presented from day one as a home-first robot — do chores, organize, interact, and accept help from a human operator when the task is still too complex. That is a different angle from Tesla, which keeps saying Optimus is meant to handle “unsafe, repetitive or boring tasks” inside and, eventually, outside the factory.
Always re-check the official 1X NEO page before you publish numbers. As of November 3, 2025, 1X is still talking about 2026 deliveries and possible monthly plans in the U.S. first. Those are exactly the kinds of details that can shift after launch.
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| Tesla — Courtesy of Tesla, Inc https://www.tesla.com/tesla-gallery |
How it differs from Tesla’s Optimus
Tesla’s robot is still called “Optimus,” and Tesla says it is aimed at tasks that are dangerous, repetitive, or simply boring. That’s a broad, industry-level pitch. 1X’s NEO says, “we’re putting a humanoid in your home,” which is narrower, closer to what everyday readers imagine.
So, when someone writes “What company makes the NEO robot?” the correct, source-aligned answer is: “1X Technologies makes it.” If the question was “What company is building the Optimus humanoid?” the correct answer would be “Tesla.” You can see how mixing the logo and the photo in the middle of the article can create the wrong mapping in people’s heads.
Key terms
| Term | Meaning |
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| NEO (home humanoid) | Home-use humanoid announced Oct 28, 2025 by 1X. |
| 1X Technologies | Actual manufacturer of NEO. |
| Tesla Optimus | Tesla’s own humanoid project (still “Optimus”). |
| “Tesla NEO” (UGC) | Non-official nickname from mixed images. |
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