--- title: Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on... description: An analysis of seven years of Tesla earnings call transcripts, conducted with financial research firm Hudson Labs, reveals that Elon Musk now spends nearly 50%... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-spends-half-his-time-talking-robots-and-ai-on-tesla-earnings-calls-wgzmf0x6h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls | daily.dev og:description: An analysis of seven years of Tesla earnings call transcripts, conducted with financial research firm Hudson Labs, reveals that Elon Musk now spends nearly 50%... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/elon-musk-spends-half-his-time-talking-robots-and-ai-on-tesla-earnings-calls-wgzmf0x6h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WGZMf0x6H.png og:image:alt: Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Elon Musk spends half his time talking robots and AI on Tesla earnings calls **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An analysis of seven years of Tesla earnings call transcripts, conducted with financial research firm Hudson Labs, reveals that Elon Musk now spends nearly 50% of his speaking time on AI, robotaxis, and Full Self-Driving topics — up from 15–20% in 2022. Talk of the Optimus humanoid robot has surged from under 2% to over 10% in the past year. Meanwhile, Musk devotes less than a third of his remarks to Tesla's core automotive business, even as cars still account for 70% of company revenue. Other Tesla executives have shifted focus too, but lag behind Musk's AI and robotics enthusiasm, likely because those projects have yet to generate meaningful returns. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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