Elon Musk: Optimus Will Be Bigger Than the iPhone At Tesla’s 2025 shareholder meeting, Elon Musk positioned Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, as the biggest product launch of all time, larger than smartphones in impact and scale. He claims it will have the fastest production ramp of any complex manufactured product, targeting one million robots per year initially and scaling to ten million. His vision: every human will want a personal robot, with multiple industrial units for every household. Musk argues Optimus will surpass the best human surgeons in precision and perform procedures beyond human capability. Tesla’s real breakthrough isn’t the car; it’s positioning itself as a robotics and AI company reshaping labor and healthcare.

"I think if we operate with extreme urgency, then we have a chance of making life multi-planetary. It’s still just a chance, not for sure. If we don’t act with extreme urgency, that chance is probably zero” —Elon Musk.

Elon Musk on Avoiding a ‘Terminator’ Future Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Elon Musk argued that artificial intelligence and robotics are the key technologies that could dramatically expand the global economy over the coming decades. Musk said that while society must be extremely careful about the development of advanced AI and autonomous robots, the potential benefits are enormous if the technologies are developed safely. Referencing the Terminator films, he joked that while he enjoys the movies, humanity does not want to find itself living inside one.