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.