{"id":100776,"date":"2026-08-28T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/jason-calacanis-there-will-be-one-billion-tesla-optimus-robots-made-by-2036\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:43:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:43:05","slug":"jason-calacanis-there-will-be-one-billion-tesla-optimus-robots-made-by-2036","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/jason-calacanis-there-will-be-one-billion-tesla-optimus-robots-made-by-2036\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Calacanis: There Will Be One Billion Tesla Optimus Robots Made By 2036"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> &#8220;All-In&#8221; podcast host Jason Calacanis predicts that Tesla&#8217;s &#8220;Optimus&#8221; humanoid robot will be the single greatest product in the history of humanity, selling one billion humanoid robots over the next ten years.  &#8220;Optimus is going to be the greatest-selling product in the history of humanity. It will sell and provide more value than the iPhone,&#8221; he predicted.   &#8220;I will guarantee you, we will be sitting here in 10 years, and there will be one billion Optimus in the world,&#8221; Calacanis told Lon Harris on the &#8220;This Week in Startups&#8221; podcast. &#8221; Not one million, not ten million, not 100 million.&#8221;  Here is the full conversation:  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BYMTUU4pCAk?si=Syf-OwsZtAL_I2sY&#038;start=378\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>JASON CALACANIS: I saw one of the latest Optimus demos. I can&#8217;t say what I saw, but I can tell you what I saw is better than anything I just saw at these World Games.  Optimus is going to be the greatest product ever made by humanity. It is next level. It&#8217;s being built by Tesla. You know, they ripped out the Model X and the Model S factory lines, and they&#8217;re building these.  Optimus is going to &#8211; if Optimus came to these games, I would predict Optimus wins 35 of 51 contests.  LON HARRIS: I mean, what specifically? Like, why? What puts Optimus so far ahead of, like, Unitree or X-Humanoid or these companies that were showing off at Beijing?  JASON CALACANIS: I think, you know, in addition to the hardware that I think is 1.5 generations beyond these, I think the brain is like five generations beyond this.  This is not to diss anything happening in China. They&#8217;re building legit stuff, but I think Optimus is going to be the greatest-selling product in the history of humanity. It will sell and provide more value than the iPhone.  I would say iPhone is the greatest product made in the history of humanity up until this point in terms of popularity, usage &#8211; you know what I&#8217;m saying? &#8211; like utility to the &#8211; you know, you could say the smartphone, but if you had to pick of the smartphones, you would say iPhone. Of the robots, Optimus.  I will guarantee you, we will be sitting here in 10 years, and there will be one billion Optimus in the world. I didn&#8217;t say one million. I didn&#8217;t say 10 million. I didn&#8217;t say 100 million. I said one billion.  I think there&#8217;ll be one billion Optimus robots in 2036.  LON HARRIS: Wow. I will say this: I don&#8217;t always see eye to eye with Elon in terms of branding. Like the Tesla robotaxi Cybercabs you see driving around Austin with that weird cursive, like, punk-rock font. I don&#8217;t like &#8211; in terms of branding, not for me.  But Optimus as the name for your robot? Ten out of 10. The best possible name. What could make you feel better about owning a robot than having it be named after pop culture&#8217;s number-one kindest and most respected robot?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2026\/08\/28\/jason_calacanis_there_will_be_one_billion_tesla_optimus_robots_made_by_2036.html\">RealClearPolitics Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All-In&#8221; podcast host Jason Calacanis predicts that Tesla&#8217;s &#8220;Optimus&#8221; humanoid robot will be the single greatest product in the history of humanity, selling one billion humanoid robots over the next ten years. &#8220;Optimus is going to be the greatest-selling product in the history of humanity. 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