What they’re saying about the future
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“I remain convinced that Optimus will be the biggest product on Earth, and humanoid robots in general will be the biggest product on Earth.”
““Seeing a path” is not a statement of extreme confidence that we will achieve that outcome. Just means that I believe there is such a path and the probability of achieving it is not zero.”
His clarification, a day after saying he sees a path for SpaceX to be worth “orders of magnitude more than the current Earth economy.”
“You don’t seem to understand that SpaceX will be worth more than the rest of Earth if we accomplish our goals.”
SpaceX listed in June 2026 at $135 a share, a valuation of about $1.77 trillion.
“I think we might have AI that is smarter than any human by the end of this year. And I would say no later than next year.”
“My prediction is that Optimus will be the biggest product of all time by far. Nothing will even be close. I think it’ll be 10 times bigger than the next biggest product ever made.”
Photo: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Wikimedia Commons, public domain (cropped)
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