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Softbank's Masayoshi Son Isn't Worried About An AI Bubble— He's Hunting For The Next Trillion-Dollar Industry: 'Just The Beginning'
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 - 4:46am | 631Read More...SoftBank Group Corp.’s (OTC:SFTBY) CEO, Masayoshi Son, has identified two frontiers as the next trillion-dollar business opportunity. In a conversation with CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal on Monday, Son expressed his enthusiasm for both humanoid and industrial robotics, "with...
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Tesla Patent Could Protect Two Biggest Future Revenue Drivers: Here's Why 'Lens Cleaning System' May Matter
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 6:36pm | 642Read More...Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has filed many patents and trademarks over the years, some that it wins and some it doesn’t get. A newly granted patent could pull double duty at protecting two of the company's biggest future revenue drivers. • Tesla stock is trading at elevated levels....
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The AI Trade Is Evolving — And This New ETF Is Chasing Humanoids, Drones And Smart Factories
Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 2:52pm | 512Read More...Asset manager WisdomTree Inc (NYSE:WT) has launched the WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund (BATS:WDRN), aiming to tap into what the firm sees as the “next phase of artificial intelligence” — the shift from digital AI tools to real-world autonomous systems. The ETF tracks...
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Faraday Future Eyes Massive 'Capital Light' Robotics Opportunity As President Jerry Wang Touts EV Startup's 'First Mover' Advantage
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 7:37am | 696Read More...Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ:FFAI) is aggressively expanding beyond electric vehicles into the booming robotics market, positioning itself as a pioneer in an embodied AI ecosystem that President Jerry Wang projects could reach $30 trillion in value. Seizing A Multi-Trillion...
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First Humanoid Robot Appears At White House With Melania Trump — And No, It Wasn't Elon Musk's Optimus
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 5:08pm | 1186Read More...A humanoid robot may have stolen the show at a White House event with First Lady Melania Trump Wednesday. The robot isn't the Optimus Bot from Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and may be from a company you haven't heard of, despite some heavy backers. Figure 3.0 Goes To Washington Figure, an AI robotics...
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Elon Musk: Tesla's Robots Could Be The First 'Atom-Shaping' AGI
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 - 10:31am | 467Read More...Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk continues to raise the stakes on his AI vision, arguing that Tesla could be among the first companies to create artificial general intelligence—and to embody it in humanoid robots. Elon Musk's Claim In an early morning post on X, he said Tesla...
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Congresswoman With Stake In Musk's xAI Adds Position In Tesla's Robot Rival Apptronik
Friday, February 13, 2026 - 3:32pm | 1212Read More...Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) recently disclosed owning a stake in privately held humanoid robotics company Apptronik. The trade comes after her investment in privately held xAI earlier this year. McClain's trading activity, which can be tracked on the Benzinga Government Trades page, shows thousands...
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Musk Sees Robots As The Next iPhone-Scale Product — Will 'Significantly' Impact GDP
Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 11:14am | 394Read More...Elon Musk just made Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ:TSLA) most ambitious pivot yet. From cars to robots, AI chips, and autonomy—Musk is framing humanoid robots as a macroeconomic force, not a sci-fi side bet. On Tesla's fourth quarter earnings call, Musk said Optimus robots could "move the needle on US GDP...
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XPeng CEO Plays The Anti-Tesla Card: While Optimus Is Closed, IRON Goes Open Source
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 10:49am | 473Read More...The robot wars just acquired a software platform twist. While Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) builds Optimus as a closed ecosystem tightly controlled from the stack to the sensors, XPeng Inc (NYSE:XPEV) is steering sharply in the other direction. On its third-quarter earnings call, CEO He Xiaopeng said the...
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Elon Musk Says Optimus Will Be Great For Japan As Country Battles Labor Shortages
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 7:39am | 903Read More...Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has shared that the company's Optimus line of humanoid robots would benefit Japan, which is currently facing a labor shortage. Optimus Will Be Great For Japan Responding to a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday by user Warren Redlich, who proposed...
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Tesla Vs. XPeng: Musk's Optimus Meets Xiaopeng's Iron In The AI Race
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 - 4:04pm | 552Read More...Elon Musk wasn't the only electric car CEO showing off humanoid robots and flying cars last week. At XPeng Inc (NYSE:XPEV) AI Day last week, CEO He Xiaopeng unveiled Iron, a humanoid robot prototype that instantly drew comparisons to Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ:TSLA) Optimus. Track TSLA stock here. Tesla...
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Elon Musk Says Optimus Robot Will Replace Jobs and Enable Universal Income
Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 3:47pm | 427Read More...Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), has predicted that the company's humanoid robot Optimus could revolutionize the global economy even if it significantly reduces the need for human labor. Despite the technical challenges surrounding the robot's production, Musk's ambitious vision for...
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Package Drop By Robot? Amazon Pilots Humanoids In Rivian Vans: Report
Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 3:30am | 974Read More...Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is reportedly developing software for humanoid robots that could eventually take over the roles of delivery workers. What Happened: Amazon is constructing a “humanoid park” at one of its San Francisco offices, where it will test the robots, The Information...
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Elon Musk's Optimus Could Herald The Biggest Industry In History, Billionaire Investor Marc Andreessen Says
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 11:25am | 726Read More...Optimus, also known as the Tesla Bot, is a general-purpose humanoid robot developed by Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA). CEO Elon Musk.has called it "the biggest product ever." What To Know: First announced at Tesla’s Artificial Intelligence Day in August 2021, Optimus is envisioned as a robotic...
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Elon Musk Weighs In On How Much Power Humanoid Robots Would Require Amid Tesla's Optimus Push
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 6:38am | 600Read More...Billionaire and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk thinks humanoid robots would require a lot of power to function as the EV giant further develops its Optimus line of humanoid robots. What Happened: Replying to a post by Tesla influencer Sawyer Merritt, which outlined a note by Morgan Stanley...
















