Roberto Nickson
@rpnickson
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The cool thing about talking with Bernt is that he isn’t just a robotics CEO, he’s a deep AI thinker who’s been obsessed with this for decades.
It's obvious to me that this is his life's purpose.
While most robotic labs are chasing narrow, pre-programmed behaviors, 1X built a dynamics-first world model trained on video + robot sensors.
It lets NEO generalize to completely new tasks out of the box, and get smarter through every failure - the same way humans do.
Bernt says NEO doesn’t need to have seen every chore. It needs a World Model with enough human experience to imagine what should happen, a body dexterous enough to attempt it, and a real-world feedback loop sharp enough to correct it.
That’s how we go from task automation to general-purpose labor.
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I toured the only factory in America building humanoid robots from scratch.
Last month, I got an exclusive first look at the facility making NEO— the humanoid robot launching into consumer homes later this year.
It is the most vertically integrated humanoid robot factory in America.
Every critical component is done in-house.
CEO Bernt Børnich walked us through the full story: from building soapbox cars with his dad at age 11 to leading the only end-to-end humanoid robot factory in the United States.
VP of Operations Vikram Kothari then took us inside the entire build process, where every motor, limb, circuit, and sensor comes together under one roof on a rapid four-week cycle from CAD to finished robot.
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(00:00) Welcome to the NEO Factory
(01:00) 1X: from childhood dream to reality
(02:21) The World Model difference: true general intelligence
(03:48) Making everything in America- why is it so important?
(05:01) Walking the factory floor
(06:04) Safety and privacy
(07:57) A more abundant future: the real impact of NEO
(09:26) Bernt's story and the 1X North Star
Huge thank you to @Berntbornich, Vikram, and the entire @1X_tech team for opening the doors and showing us everything!
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@rpnickson this is your space, we’re not invited.
Meta just launched Incognito Chat with Meta AI - the world's first truly private way to chat with AI.
But I had a lot of questions.
How does it actually work? Isn't this contradictory to Meta's business model? What assurances do we have that this is airtight?
I had a chance to speak to the Head of Whatsapp @wcathcart and Meta's VP of AI Products @vishalshahis to learn more.
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I toured the only factory in America building humanoid robots from scratch.
Last month, I got an exclusive first look at the facility making NEO— the humanoid robot launching into consumer homes later this year.
It is the most vertically integrated humanoid robot factory in America.
Every critical component is done in-house.
CEO Bernt Børnich walked us through the full story: from building soapbox cars with his dad at age 11 to leading the only end-to-end humanoid robot factory in the United States.
VP of Operations Vikram Kothari then took us inside the entire build process, where every motor, limb, circuit, and sensor comes together under one roof on a rapid four-week cycle from CAD to finished robot.
[TIMESTAMPS]
(00:00) Welcome to the NEO Factory
(01:00) 1X: from childhood dream to reality
(02:21) The World Model difference: true general intelligence
(03:48) Making everything in America- why is it so important?
(05:01) Walking the factory floor
(06:04) Safety and privacy
(07:57) A more abundant future: the real impact of NEO
(09:26) Bernt's story and the 1X North Star
Huge thank you to @Berntbornich, Vikram, and the entire @1X_tech team for opening the doors and showing us everything!
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Mama I made it to Zuck’s close friends
The future is being built right now, in America.
I got a chance to visit the NEO factory, just unveiled by @1x_tech — the first true vertically integrated robot factory in the United States.
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LTX-2.3 has been downloaded 1.65 million times in the last month alone.
It's without a doubt the best open-source audio-video model available, and is designed to run locally on consumer GPUs.
If you’re a creator who no longer wants to pay AI video subscription, a developer building real tools, or a tinkerer who wants to experiment with running AI models locally on your machine, @ltx_model is the obvious and best choice.
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Mac Studio and Mac Mini demand is unreal.
About half of the configurations are straight up just not available and the other half require a 10-12 week minimum lead time.
A new M3 Ultra 28-Core CPU 60-Core GPU 96GB RAM 1TB SSD sells for around a $2,300 premium on eBay.
Picks and shovels!
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Freepik just rebranded to @magnific:
• More than 1 million paid subscribers.
• More than 100 million monthly visits.
• Over 175 million images and videos generated monthly.
This is the story of how a small stock photo company founded in Málaga, Spain in 2010, became a powerhouse with $230 million in annual recurring revenue.
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Freepik is now Magnific
One platform to rewrite the rules of creativity
Day 1 of the new studio.
A lot to done. Will be sick in around 3-4 months.
This weekend’s office
Meta just announced Muse Spark - the first model release from Meta Superintelligence Labs.
It isn't SOTA, but very competitive with the leading models across a lot of important benchmarks.
For example, Muse Spark Contemplating mode scored 50.4% on HLE with tools, compared to 52.1 for Opus 4.6 and 52.1 for GPT-5.4.
It's available to try today in the Meta AI app, which just got a facelift.
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Mythos confirmed.
Benchmarks are absurd.
Introducing Project Glasswing: an urgent initiative to help secure the world’s most critical software.
It’s powered by our newest frontier model, Claude Mythos Preview, which can find software vulnerabilities better than all but the most skilled humans.
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Individual creator w/ a built-in distribution engine is the wave
Quality + Quantity
Editorial instinct, narrative + distribution will become increasingly important in tech.
Congratulations to @jordihays @johncoogan @DylanAbruscato @RealProducerBen and crew.
TBPN is a one-of-one, generational brand.
Phenomenal execution 👏
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I recommend you buy this book by the greatest cinematographer of all time
While we’re on the topic of merch, coffee is always a good move
