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OpenAI Just Launched a Robotics Division. Should Tesla Investors Be Worried?

ChatGPT's parent isn't an immediate threat. The fact that it's planning on entering the market at all, however, underscores the idea that Tesla isn't going to be in this business all by itself.

OpenAI Just Launched a Robotics Division. Should Tesla Investors Be Worried?

OpenAI Just Launched a Robotics Division. Should Tesla Investors Be Worried?

Published June 14, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

ChatGPT parent company OpenAI is looking beyond the virtual world and eying the real one.

That's the takeaway from OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman's recent post on X, anyway. As part of his call for artificial intelligence (AI) engineers, Altman said the company is looking for "engineers to help us program and manufacture robots that are useful for society." No interpretation needed.

Details

The question is: What does this mean for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), which in January suggested it could be selling autonomous humanoid robot assistants -- called Optimus -- by the end of next year?

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