Elon Musk marked a landmark moment for Tesla with an unexpected dance partner — the company’s humanoid robot, Optimus. During Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, Musk took to the stage
alongside the robot, performing a brief dance routine that quickly went viral online.
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The lighthearted display came moments after shareholders approved his record-breaking $1 trillion performance-based pay package, one of the largest in corporate history. As the audience cheered, Musk clasped Optimus’s hand and spun in rhythm, laughing as the robot mimicked his moves.
“Tesla is entering a new era not just in cars, but in robotics and AI,” Musk declared, gesturing to the humanoid beside him. The moment symbolised how deeply Tesla’s future is tied to Optimus, which Musk says could one day handle manufacturing, deliveries, and even personal assistance.
The billionaire’s celebratory dance underscored the growing role of robotics within Tesla’s long-term vision. While the pay package still hinges on a series of ambitious milestones — including ramping up robot production and achieving massive market expansion — the visual of Musk and Optimus swaying together served as a headline-grabbing reminder of his ambition: to fuse human innovation with machine intelligence.
Social media erupted with clips of the performance, with fans calling it “peak Musk” and critics dubbing it “a sci-fi victory lap.” Either way, it marked another theatrical moment in the Tesla chief’s ongoing saga one that blended business triumph with spectacle.
Moreover, Tesla’s stock has fallen by 3.5 per cent since the announcement.
