New AI Home Robot Captures the Internet’s Attention

Summary

• Neo 1x Companion (NEO) is based on the new NEO home robot by 1X Technologies, a Norwegian humanoid robotics company.

• The robot is designed as a home assistant and mirrors the “AI companion” concept that has become popular online.

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1X Technologies, the Norwegian robotics company known for its lifelike humanoid robots, revealed its new home robot NEO on October 28, 2025. The launch drew widespread attention online due to the robot’s humanoid design and its positioning as a household AI companion.

Soon after the product announcement, 1X posted an order link for the NEO robot. The post quickly spread after Ansem replied with “dude”.

Solana co-founder Toly joined in with a follow-up reply saying “dude inside”.

Influencer Gigi added to the trend with a reply saying “seems worth it,” alongside an image showing a robot companion standing beside a woman at her desk.

PattyIce shared a screenshot of a confirmation email showing that he actually ordered one of the robots.

Within 10 hours of launch, NEO hit a $4.6M market cap on pump fun.