The $500,000 robot servant Elon Musk claims will sell 10 billion units by 2040 can barely walk and struggles with questions like 'where can I get a coke?'

Elon’s Tesla Optimus 🤖🔥 is here! Dawn of the physical Agentforce revolution, tackling human work for $200K–$500K. Productivity game-changer! Congrats @elonmusk, and thank you for always being so kind to me! 🚀 #Tesla #Optimus pic.twitter.com/bA5IYIylE1 September 3, 2025

Elon Musk and Marc Benioff Are Both Getting Dragged on X. It’s a Lesson for Every CEO

Why do really smart CEOs make really dumb mistakes? Just take a look at Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. They jointly suffered a self-inflicted blow to their reputation on Thursday, when Benioff posted the video of an embarrassingly bad Tesla Optimus robot demo on X. He made matters worse by gushing about how amazing it was.

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff hails Tesla’s Optimus robot as a ‘productivity game changer’ in video showing what it can and can’t do

Elon Musk previously said Optimus will be central to Tesla’s future as it expands from cars to AI and robotics.

Elon Musk Says 80% Of Tesla's Value Lies In Robots While China's UBTech Scores Record Deal, JPMorgan Sees Beijing Firms Leading The Humanoid Boom

Elon Musk doubled down on his robotics vision, predicting that Optimus will eventually represent approximately 80% of Tesla's total value.
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