The robot butler is starting to look less like science fiction.
Y Combinator-backed Weave Robotics unveiled its home robot, Isaac 1, on Wednesday. It comes in five pastel colors and is available for preorder at $7,999 upfront or a $449 monthly subscription. The post on X by Weave announcing the launch has over 13 million views and 14,000 likes.
With no company yet having deployed a humanoid home robot at scale, Isaac 1 has generated buzz online. At $7,999, it undercuts rivals such as 1X's $20,000 Neo home robot, fueling speculation that the tech could become more accessible. Tesla has yet to announce a price for its humanoid robot, Optimus.
"$8k home robot. Closer and closer to never doing chores again," Chris Paxton, an AI innovation lead at Agility Robotics, wrote.
"It's about to get very strange folks," wrote Jason Calacanis, a Silicon Valley angel investor and cohost of the "All-In Podcast," in response to the launch on X.
The startup said Isaac 1 can do your laundry, make your bed, and tidy your home. Weave says on its website that its robot can operate autonomously for these tasks by default, but it can be controlled remotely by a human operator if needed.
The head of market development at fintech company Tempo, Simon Taylor, said on X that Isaac 1 looks like a "Roomba with arms" — a reference to the iconic self-cleaning disc-shaped vacuum made by iRobot.
Another commenter on X described the robot as "slow" and "clunky."
On its website, the firm says it uses personal information to improve or upgrade services. It is unclear whether data from homes is used to train the robot. The company did not immediately respond to requests to comment.
Training robots is difficult because, unlike AI chatbots, which have an abundance of material from the internet to train on, there is no equivalent for the physical world and navigating spaces.
Priced at $7999, the Isaac 1 looks like a Roomba with arms, and can tidy spaces, put away laundry and comes in 5 different pastel colors.
First shipments begin in "Fall 2026" - It aims to be mostly autonomous, but teleoperation takes over if it gets stuck.
A few thoughts
AI and robotics firm 1X's Neo said its home robot will be available for preorder and begin deliveries later this year.
Elon Musk said on Tesla's Q1 earnings call in April that the firm will begin production of its long-delayed humanoid robot, Optimus, in late July or August. Tesla has said that Optimus is intended to perform household chores, alongside factory work and caregiving.
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Roya is a business news fellow at Business Insider's London office.Before joining Business Insider, she worked as a reporter at financial newswire Alliance News and was a platforms and publishing intern at The Wall Street Journal. Roya graduated from City St George's, University of London with an MA in International Journalism. You can contact her via email at [email protected] or message her securely on Signal at royashahidi.36
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