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Jo Bhakdi“I think it's going to be late Q1 for exactly the reasons that I mentioned.”@ 10:12 · open at this moment on YouTube ↗
Thesis at the time
Strongly BullishTesla is production-ready on Optimus V3 and deliberately delaying the reveal to protect IP from Chinese and 1X/Figure competitors, setting up a massive 2026 acceleration in the humanoid robot business.
Key arguments
- Optimus V3 is the scalable commercial version, not an MVP prototype.
- Chinese suppliers are already being instructed to scale production.
- Tesla is far ahead of Figure, 1X, Apptronik, Agility, Unitree in humanoid robotics.
- The Q1 2026 reveal will likely coincide with mass deployment inside Tesla.
- 2026 will see the biggest acceleration in Tesla history driven by humanoids.
Counter-arguments acknowledged
- Competitors in China, 1X, and Figure are hot and advancing.
- Most people think humanoid breakthroughs are a decade away.
The call
- Date said
- Oct 25, 2025
- Timeframe
- late Q1 2026
- Deadline
- Mar 31, 2026
- Price at prediction
- $433.72
- Confidence
- medium
- Specificity
- specific
How it resolved
- Status
- unverifiable
Why this resolved this way(resolution audit)
Full rules: docs/resolution-spec.md.
Confidence Reasoning
Timing speculation on reveal, not a price target.