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Tesla Approves $1 Trillion Musk Pay Linked to Optimus Targets as Musk Says Robots Could End Poverty

The targets hinge on a humanoid still in design facing difficult engineering hurdles.

Overview

  • Shareholders approved a compensation plan that could unlock up to $1 trillion in Musk's stock awards if milestones are met, including selling one million Optimus robots within ten years.
  • Musk told the meeting that Optimus and AI could make working optional and enable a “universal high income.”
  • He suggested the robots could reduce crime by “following you around and stop you from doing crime” instead of traditional incarceration.
  • Musk forecast each robot at roughly five times a human’s annual productivity and said widespread deployment could expand the global economy by 10 to 100 times.
  • Optimus remains in the design phase with difficult challenges such as dexterous hands, with Musk estimating a future price of $20,000 to $30,000 and saying a next version, Optimus B3, could debut in Q1 2026.