Can you buy a robot yet?

Can you buy a humanoid robot yet? Only one has a price: 1X NEO, $20,000. Tesla, Figure and the rest are not for sale.

Numbers as of 12 Oct 2026

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1 of 6, 1X, closest to your home. Has a price; OpenAI's fund backed it. The OpenAI Startup Fund led a $23.5 million round in 2023. You can also rent the NEO for $499 a month. A $200 refundable deposit holds one; no home delivery is confirmed yet. It weighs 66 lb, runs about 4 hours, and does chores

2 of 6, Boston Dynamics. Sold out, to its own owner. Hyundai bought 80% in 2021 at a $1.1 billion value and now holds about 90%. This year's robots go to Hyundai and Google DeepMind. Atlas can lift 110 lb, about 2 full suitcases, and swaps its own battery in under 3 minutes. Its first job: sorting c

3 of 6, Apptronik. Not for sale; Google is in. Google joined a $350 million round in February 2025, and the whole Series A passed $935 million by February 2026. Its robots are on trial at Mercedes-Benz and GXO. Apollo is 5 foot 8, about an average US man, lifts 55 lb, about 1 full suitcase, and swap

4 of 6, Tesla Optimus. Not for sale; Tesla pays itself. Tesla builds Optimus inside the company and says it is getting ready for large-scale production. At Tesla's 2024 robot show, people remotely helped the robots.

5 of 6, Agility. You can rent one, if you're a warehouse. Amazon's fund joined a $150 million round in 2022. Agility rents its Digit robot to GXO on a multi-year deal. Digit is 5 foot 9, about an average US man, and lifts 35 lb, about 3 to 7 of its daily totes; its first warehouse job was moving tot

6 of 6, Figure, furthest away. No sale date, yet valued at $39 billion after its September 2025 round. It raised over $1.6 billion in 2024 and 2025. It works in a BMW factory, not in homes. You can't buy the robot; investors bought the company. Figure 03 runs 5 hours and charges wirelessly. An earli

The robot makers are private; their backers are public. Nvidia (NVDA) backs Figure. Google (GOOGL) backs Apptronik. Amazon (AMZN) backs Agility. Hyundai (005380, Seoul) owns Boston Dynamics. Tesla (TSLA) builds Optimus. Small stakes, except Hyundai's. 1X's backer, OpenAI, is private too.

Which robot hits homes first? Choices: 1X, Tesla Optimus, Figure, other. One has a price. One has the most money. Follow Green Owl if you want more.

Would you pay $20,000 for a home robot?

1X NEO: $20,000 to buy, or $499 a month. 1X says US deliveries start in 2026. Figure: not for sale. It works in a BMW factory. Apptronik: not for sale. The company aims to deliver in large numbers from 2027. Agility: for businesses only. It rents its robot to warehouses. Boston Dynamics: it says every 2026 robot is taken, with more buyers from 2027. Tesla Optimus: not for sale. Elon Musk said in January it would be on sale by the end of 2027.

The logo on each chest is the big company behind it. OpenAI's fund backed 1X early. Hyundai owns Boston Dynamics. Tesla builds its own.

The catch: the dates are each company's own plan. Robot dates have moved before. I found no confirmed home delivery of a NEO yet.