Change history

Verified price, availability, spec, deployment, and identity changes across the RoboZaps database, newest first — every row cites its source.

• MinorVerified

  Tesla — Leadership change · Head of Optimus program (also Tesla VP of AI / Autopilot software director) — Ashok Elluswamy

  Sep 28, 2026
• MinorVerified

  Tesla — Leadership change · CEO, Tesla (drives Optimus program strategy/priority) — Elon Musk

  Sep 28, 2026
• MajorReported

  Tesla Optimus Gen 3 — Production milestone · Tesla confirmed the Fremont Model S/X line conversion is complete and first-generation Optimus assembly lines are being installed; initial robots go to an internal 'Optimus Academy' training program, not customers or factory work

  Jul 22, 2026
• MajorVerified

  Tesla — Funding round · Tesla — Ipo, USD 226100000

  Jun 29, 2010csmonitor.com