Brent Bornick/1X to ship Peter a humanoid robot this summer (2026)
Predictor: Brent Bornick · ep#238 "Meta Buys Moltbook, GPT 5.4, and Fruitfly Brain Upload | Moonshots Live at The Abundance Summit 238" · source
Prediction text
Brent Bornick/1X to ship Peter a humanoid robot this summer (2026) | I pulled Brent Borneick aside and he promised me okay I'm not going to take one of the one of the two robots he had here unfortunately but this summer he will ship me one of those... this summer... one of the X robots. Yes.
Watch events: Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count
Verbatim quote
I pulled Brent Borneick aside and he promised me okay I'm not going to take one of the one of the two robots he had here unfortunately but this summer he will ship me one of those... this summer... one of the X robots. Yes.
Resolution evidence
Brent Bornick/1X 'summer 2026' Neo delivery to Peter. 1X Neo began shipping preorders late 2025; delivery to Peter plausibly on-schedule.
Predictor: Brent Bornick
Evidence about this node from Brent Bornick is multiplied by κ in /api/intake. Lower κ = less weight; floors at 0.10 (effectively silenced) and caps at 1.00 (full weight).
Reference class: humanoid_commercial_volume
>10,000 unit cumulative deployment of humanoid robot SKU within 3 years of debut
Tetlock-style outside view: at TRF=1 (just predicted), outside view dominates (w_in=0.3). At TRF=0 (deadline), inside view dominates (w_in=1.0). The blend regularizes overconfident inside views toward the historical base rate.
Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-30pending1X opens U.S. (Hayward CA) factory to support NEO production at 10K/yr capacityHow: 1X officially opens or confirms operations at Hayward, CA factory with capacity to produce 10,000+ NEO units annuallySource: https://www.briefs.co/news/1x-robots-neo/ — 1X opens U.S. plant for 10,000 home robots in 2026conf 90%
- 2026-06-01 → 2026-09-30pendingBernt Bornich (1X CEO) publicly confirms shipment to Peter Diamandis specificallyHow: 1X (Bernt Bornich or company) confirms via X/Twitter, podcast, or news interview that NEO has been delivered to Peter Diamandis's residence in summer 2026Source: https://x.com/PeterDiamandis/status/2040206793100435869 — Diamandis posts excitement to welcome Neo from 1X to his home soonconf 65%
- 2026-04-01 → 2026-12-31pending1X NEO begins consumer home shipments in 2026 (Early Access)How: 1X publicly announces first NEO consumer home deliveries in 2026 (any month) with at least one delivery photo or news reportSource: https://thenextweb.com/news/1x-neo-humanoid-factory-hayward-10000-home-robots — 1X starts shipping NEO to US homesconf 85%
- 2026-06-15 → 2026-12-31pendingDiamandis shares first home-use video/post of 1X NEO at his residenceHow: Peter Diamandis publishes X/Twitter post, blog, or YouTube video showing 1X NEO operating in his homeSource: https://x.com/PeterDiamandis/status/2040206793100435869 — Diamandis previews welcoming Neo to homeconf 60%
- 2026-09-01 → 2026-12-31pendingTotal cumulative NEO consumer deliveries reach 1,000+ units globally in 2026How: 1X publicly discloses cumulative NEO consumer deliveries of at least 1,000 units by end of 2026 (via press release or interview)Source: https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/1x-humanoid-robot-neo-factory-california — 1X factory plans for 100K NEO units by 2027conf 50%
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Evidence chain
Network propagation neighbors
Top incoming (parents)
Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 247_042 Professional Robotics League first US match on April 19, 202 — Alex Wissner-Gross | 65.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.049 |
| prereq | 234_012 Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 202 — Peter Diamandis | 67.1% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.038 |
| killer | TK08 Humanoid Capital Collapse (Figure/Apptronik Flop) | 22.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.019 |
| prereq | SEM_008 Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will co — Dario Amodei | 76.9% | 0.550 | 0.050 | +0.010 |
| prereq | SEM_042 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finall — Kevin Weil | 73.8% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.007 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_019 Fast food chains will bring in humanoid robots very shortly — Peter Diamandis | 12.8% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.179 |
| prereq | 240_037 Amazon Zoox Robotaxi will launch in LA in 2027 — Peter Diamandis | 23.5% | 0.650 | 0.050 | +0.072 |
| prereq | 239_011 Optimus 3 production starts summer 2026 — Elon Musk | 22.5% | 0.550 | 0.050 | +0.039 |
| prereq | 247_043 Humanoid robots will be utterly transformative for 2/3 of US — Alex Wissner-Gross | 26.2% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.019 |
| prereq | 241_029 Humanoid robot assembly of rockets is beyond current robots — Eric Schmidt | 27.9% | 0.600 | 0.050 | +0.006 |
Ticker exposure
Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (5)
Prerequisites (8)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 247_042 | Professional Robotics League first US match on April 19, 2026 in Boston | Robotics | — |
| prereq | SEM_008 | Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025. | AI | — |
| prereq | 234_012 | Anthropic revenue will cross OpenAI revenue in middle of 2026 | Markets/Stocks | — |
| prereq | SEM_042 | 2025 will be the definitive year that agentic systems finally hit the mainstream. | AI/Agents | — |
| prereq | SEM_012 | Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) across engineering. | AI/Manufacturing | — |
| correlate | S_HUMANOID_ENTERPRISE_2028 | Humanoid R2: 100K+ enterprise by Nov 2028 | humanoid_deployment | — |
| correlate | S_HUMANOID_FACTORY_2026 | Humanoid R1: 10K+ factory units by Nov 2026 | humanoid_deployment | — |
| killer | TK08 | Humanoid Capital Collapse (Figure/Apptronik Flop) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_019 | Fast food chains will bring in humanoid robots very shortly to replace workers. | Robotics | — |
| prereq | 240_037 | Amazon Zoox Robotaxi will launch in LA in 2027 | Auto/Transport | — |
| prereq | 241_029 | Humanoid robot assembly of rockets is beyond current robots for a long time | Robotics | — |
| prereq | 239_011 | Optimus 3 production starts summer 2026 | Robotics | — |
| prereq | 247_043 | Humanoid robots will be utterly transformative for 2/3 of US services sector | Robotics | — |
Expected milestones (1)
| Expected by | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | [Robotics 2026-07] remont line start; unit cost disclosure [238_015] Figure 03 shipment volume; BMW, 2nd customer deployment count | pending |
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| 0.591 | manifold | Starmer out before November? | 59% | mentions | pending | 2026-06-06 |
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| 0.578 | manifold | Result of MrBeast red/blue button poll? | — | mentions | pending | 2026-04-28 |
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| 0.561 | manifold | Trailer for Star Fox movie or tv show before 2029? | 69% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-11 |
Raw metadata
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