We Met NEO, the Viral Humanoid Robot + HatGPT
Hard Fork7 Nov 2025

We Met NEO, the Viral Humanoid Robot + HatGPT

This week, we’re joined by Bernt Bornich, chief executive of 1X. We talked with him about NEO, his company’s new humanoid robot, which has the internet buzzing. Then we meet NEO itself, and compare notes on the experience. Finally, we close the week with a roundup of tech news headlines: It’s time for some HatGPT.


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