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β’ Up to 5,000 robotaxis sought in the first 12 months after approval
β’ Nevada would be the second named state market after Texas for the driverless fleet
5,000 units in one state signals Tesla is planning fleet scale, not a limited pilot.
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Optimus - a Human Hiring Spree
In addition to hiring for Robotaxi roles (see article below), there are currently 208 job listings with the label "Optimus."
The top five locations: 111 of them are in Palo Alto, CA, 44 in Fremont, CA, 17 in Austin, TX, 10 in Langley, British Columbia and 6 are in Athens, Greece.
The listings point to Tesla moving Optimus beyond pure R&D and deeper into industrialization, validation, data operations, and early production scale-up.
Key takeaways:
1) Manufacturing scale-up
A large share of roles are in manufacturing, quality, equipment, controls, maintenance, process engineering, line design, and production support. This suggests Tesla is building the factory system around Optimus, not just the robot.
2) The data flywheel is expanding
Multiple data collection operator and supervisor roles appear across Palo Alto, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Fremont, San Diego, Littleton, Draper, Tempe, and Henderson. That indicates Tesla is likely broadening the real-world training and evaluation pipeline for Optimus.
3) Actuators, hands, motors, gears, and joints remain critical
There are many roles tied to actuators, geartrain, stators, rotors, bearings, hand repair, dyno testing, motor design, and powertrain modeling. This points to continued focus on the hardest physical parts of humanoid robotics: reliable, low-cost, high-performance motion.
4) Digital Optimus is notable
Mentions of Digital Optimus, computer-use agents, AI infrastructure, foundation models, and AI data centers suggest Tesla may be building a software-agent layer alongside the physical humanoid platform.
5) This looks like a transition from prototype to production preparation
The breadth of hiring across AI, hardware, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, maintenance, and early talent suggests Optimus is becoming a serious operating program with multiple parallel workstreams.