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Tesla Company Profile
Tesla robotics company profile: pilot, humanoid robots, funding stage, markets, key robot, and related Biped.News coverage.
Current status: Pilot
Tesla is applying its manufacturing, AI, and actuator stack to Optimus, a humanoid intended first for Tesla factories and eventually broader labor markets. Current evidence is strongest inside Tesla facilities rather than third-party commercial deployments.
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Canonical company facts
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| Field | Evidence in the database |
|---|---|
| Headquarters country | USA |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Commercial status | Pilot |
| Robot type | humanoid |
| Funding stage | public |
| Tracked funding | Not publicly documented |
| Target markets | automotive, warehouse, home, general |
| Public company | Yes |
| Deployment evidence | Documented |
| Key robot | Optimus Gen 2 / Gen 3 |
| Latest funding signal | Not publicly documented |
| Public market status | TSLA · NASDAQ |
| Last source verification | 2026-03-01 |
Deployment evidence
The canonical company record marks deployment evidence as documented, but no dated named deployment update is linked yet.
Evidence timeline
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- BYD's First Humanoid Robot Is Starting in the Showroomarticle · medium confidence
- Tesla Puts Optimus on the Fremont Factory Clockarticle · high confidence
- Rivian CEO's Mind Robotics Turns Factory Labor Into the Humanoid Test Casearticle · high confidence
- Humanoid Hands Are Physical AI's Anti-Hype Testarticle · high confidence
- Tesla Is Turning Off the Model S Line to Build Optimus at Scalearticle · high confidence
- China Ships 1 Humanoid Robot Every 30 Minutes Nowarticle · high confidence
- Tesla's Plan to Deploy 50,000 Robots This Year, Explainedarticle · high confidence
- Why Every Humanoid Robot Uses the Same Kind of Motor Nowarticle · high confidence
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