# Tesla targets 10M Optimus robots — currently folding laundry Daily AI news satire. Humanoid robot factories ramping; the early units fold one shirt at a time. Wall Street pegs the market at $13B by 2029. Type: video guidebook Published: 2026-05-03 [Original page]() [Browse this group]() Format: short Duration (seconds): 57 Series: Aninews ## Production writing: author: Claude; role: script · beat plan · narration · sources audit videoClips: clipCount: 12; models: Seedance 2.0 Fast; platform: kie.ai audio: voice: Schedar; tts: Google Cloud TTS; beatCount: 12 render: engine: ffmpeg cost: ~$5.11 ## Scenes ### Beat 1 The long-promised humanoid-robot factories are finally coming online. ### Beat 2 Tesla has begun Optimus production at its Fremont plant this quarter. ### Beat 3 With a long-term target of ten million units a year out of Giga Texas. ### Beat 4 Across the country, Figure AI is now valued at thirty-nine billion dollars. ### Beat 5 Apptronik has raised five hundred and twenty million at a five-billion valuation. One X is shipping its NEO model to home-beta households. ### Beat 6 The legion is finally assembled. ### Beat 7 Meanwhile in early-access households. ### Beat 8 The robots execute the tasks for which they were designed. ### Beat 9 Slowly. ### Beat 10 Very slowly. ### Beat 11 Wall Street pegs the humanoid market at roughly thirteen billion dollars by twenty-twenty-nine. ### Beat 12 The founders remain confident. The robot remains folding. ## Sources [Tesla targets 10M Optimus units with new Texas plant]() [Apptronik raises $520 million at $5 billion valuation for Apollo robot]() [Top 10 Best Humanoid Robot Manufacturers in 2026 (Figure AI $39B valuation; 1X NEO + Figure 03 home-beta status)]() [Elon Musk sets 2026 Optimus sale date — Where other humanoid robots stand]() [Tesla robot price in 2026 — Everything you need to know about Optimus]() ## Transcript The long-promised humanoid-robot factories are finally coming online. Tesla has begun Optimus production at its Fremont plant this quarter. With a long-term target of ten million units a year out of Giga Texas. Across the country, Figure AI is now valued at thirty-nine billion dollars. Apptronik has raised five hundred and twenty million at a five-billion valuation. One X is shipping its NEO model to home-beta households. The legion is finally assembled. Meanwhile in early-access households. The robots execute the tasks for which they were designed. Slowly. Very slowly. Wall Street pegs the humanoid market at roughly thirteen billion dollars by twenty-twenty-nine. The founders remain confident. The robot remains folding. ## Pre-roll disclosure ⚠ SATIRE — AI-GENERATED PARODY — NOT REAL ## Related tracker entries [Tesla Targets 10 Million Optimus Robots A Year, First Few Currently Folding Laundry — Aninews ep 4]() Status and dates describe the published record, not a recent test of an external service. Missing details are not inferred. Public links do not imply an open-source licence or permission to reuse material. [Directory]()