Tesla is on a major hiring spree for its Optimus project, declaring it will be the “biggest product ever made” and teasing an upcoming Gen 3 version that is getting “insanely close to human form and function.” This all-hands-on-deck call for top AI and engineering talent signals a massive push toward high-volume production. The ambition is to fundamentally alter the economics of manufacturing, a bold claim for a robot still mastering basic chores.
