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title: "People keep treating Optimus like a sideshow. It isn’t. If Tesla ever cracks general purpose robotic"
description: "People keep treating Optimus like a sideshow. It isn’t. If Tesla ever cracks general purpose robotics at scale, the company becomes a global labor engine. $Tesla(TSLA.US)"
type: "topic"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/100000000390287.md"
published_at: "2026-01-09T20:03:56.000Z"
author: "[Tom Nash Updates](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/17075731)"
---

# People keep treating Optimus like a sideshow. It isn’t. If Tesla ever cracks general purpose robotic

People keep treating Optimus like a sideshow. It isn’t. If Tesla ever cracks general purpose robotics at scale, the company becomes a global labor engine.

$Tesla(TSLA.US)

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