Tesla is currently in the midst of a massive recruitment blitz for its Optimus project, with Elon Musk boldly declaring it will be the “biggest product ever made.” As the company teases an upcoming Gen 3 iteration—one that is apparently getting “insanely close to human form and function”—it’s clear they are moving from prototype to the precipice of production. This “all-hands” call for top-tier AI and engineering talent signals a desperate sprint toward high-volume manufacturing. The ultimate goal is to fundamentally rewrite the rules of industrial economics, a staggering ambition for a robot that, until recently, was still getting the hang of basic household chores.
