Deliver Optimus to companies outside Tesla around the end of 2027
Open · 432 days left
Elon Musk said this on 21 October 2026. The deadline is 2027 (“around the end of next year”). No delivery is on record yet.
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This promiseDeliver Optimus to companies outside Tesla around the end of 2027Open · 432 days leftDeadline 2027
What happened, in order
- 21 Oct 2026Promised
Elon Musk: Deliver Optimus to companies outside Tesla around the end of 2027. Deadline 2027.
- 25 Oct 2026Today · Open · 432 days left
- 31 Dec 2027Deadline
2027 (“around the end of next year”).
Details and sources
“That's the time to expect when we're delivering Optimus to companies outside of Tesla.”
- Said by
- Elon Musk, 21 October 2026 · Q3 2026 earnings call
- Deadline
- 2027 (“around the end of next year”), read as the latest date the words allow"Around the end of next year", said in October 2026; read as the end of 2027. Musk later said customer deliveries were "likely to be towards the end of next year".
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