27 August 2026
SoftBank in talks to acquire majority stake in 1X Technologies
First reported
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- SoftBank, a Japanese investment firm, is negotiating to buy a controlling stake in 1X Technologies, a robotics startup.
- 1X Technologies builds humanoid robots designed to work in homes, and has received backing from OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
- The deal would value 1X Technologies at approximately 6 billion dollars if completed.
How it was covered
The NeuronPete Huang & Grant Harvey
SoftBank is negotiating to acquire a majority stake in 1X Technologies, the OpenAI-backed humanoid robot startup building home helper robots, at a valuation around 6 billion dollars.