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Well over a billion humanoid robots within 10 years

“If you say like 10 years from now, I would say there are well over a billion humanoid robots.”
— Elon Musk · Sep 1, 2026 · ANI News livestream — Elon Musk at G20 Innovation Ministerial, Chapel Hill (Sep 1 2026) 00:09:22 ↗
Video: ANI News livestream — Elon Musk at G20 Innovation Ministerial, Chapel Hill (Sep 1 2026)
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 00:09:22 — ANI NEWS LIVESTREAM — ELON MUSK AT G20 INNOVATION MINISTERIAL, CHAPEL HILL (SEP 1 2026)
What actually happened

Fetched Sep 8 2026: deadline is Sep 1 2036 (10 years from the Sep 1 2026 statement). Industry trackers put the global commercial humanoid fleet in the low thousands in 2026 (Unitree shipments plus Tesla internal units and other pilots), not billions. Tesla has not opened public Optimus sales. Status stays pending. Wikipedia — Optimus (robot), fetched Sep 8 2026: no public Gen 3 / no consumer sales; billion-unit claim is a 2036 target ↗

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Sep 1, 2026
The promise: “If you say like 10 years from now, I would say there are well over a billion humanoid robots.” · ANI News livestream — Elon Musk at G20 Innovation Ministerial, Chapel Hill (Sep 1 2026) 00:09:22 ↗
Today · Sep 10, 2026
Status: Pending · 3,644 days left. Still waiting.

On September 1 2026 at the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, Elon Musk said that 10 years from now there would be well over a billion humanoid robots, and that he would put serious money on at least a billion robots in 10 years each producing at least five times the output of a human — more productive than all humans combined.

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