What Salim Ismail has said about Tesla Optimus
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 31, 2026
Salim Ismail, Founder of OpenExO and author on exponential organizations, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on Tesla Optimus once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ismail argues humanoid robots will spend about five years in commercial and industrial uses before reaching homes.
“my thesis is that we'll spend five years using them in commercial, back of the office, stock picking, inventory management”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Making Sense of This Week’s AI Market Crashes | #307 (Oct 31, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:31
Episodes
Making Sense of This Week’s AI Market Crashes | #307Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 31, 2026 · 2 h 19 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alex Wissner-Gross and Emad Mostaque discuss Google's AI releases, Alphabet's record stock drop, Sam Altman's admissions, robots, robotaxis and education.
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