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At 1X, you will own real projects, be recognized for your achievements, and be rewarded based on merit.</span></p><p style=\"min-height: 1.7em;\"></p><p><span style=\"color:#000000\">Our mission at </span><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">1X Labs</span></strong><span style=\"color:#000000\"> is to </span><strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">provide the science and technology that enables human-level, general-purpose humanoids</span></strong><span style=\"color:#000000\">.</span></p><p><span style=\"color:#000000\"><br>We are rigorous about identifying the gap between where humanoid performance is today and what human-level capability actually demands. From there, we go deep on fundamentals, take long but efficient and often non-obvious paths, develop new technologies, and carry those advances all the way into the product. 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