--- title: Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has... description: Elon Musk warned Tesla investors that Optimus will be the hardest product the company has ever scaled, citing the absence of an existing supply chain and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/musk-says-optimus-will-be-the-hardest-product-tesla-has-ever-scaled-fy6ku5ku9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has ever scaled | daily.dev og:description: Elon Musk warned Tesla investors that Optimus will be the hardest product the company has ever scaled, citing the absence of an existing supply chain and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/musk-says-optimus-will-be-the-hardest-product-tesla-has-ever-scaled-fy6ku5ku9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FY6KU5KU9.png og:image:alt: Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has ever scaled 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. # Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has ever scaled **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Elon Musk warned Tesla investors that Optimus will be the hardest product the company has ever scaled, citing the absence of an existing supply chain and roughly 10,000 unique parts that must be manufactured from scratch. He tempered expectations around the production ramp, noting the early phase could be flat for longer than hoped. Tesla quietly removed mass production language from its Q2 shareholder deck, a notable shift from earlier projections of 50,000–100,000 units in 2026. Engineering hurdles include human-level dexterity, memory and logic challenges, and chip packaging, with AI processors sourced from Samsung and TSMC. Tesla's Q2 financials showed revenue up 26% to $28B but earnings badly missed estimates, operating income fell 57%, and free cash flow turned negative $1B, sending shares down ~7%. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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