Seeking Alpha’s roundup of statements, announcements, and remarks that could impact the technology sector.
- Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said he expects his company’s robotaxi service to be widely available in the U.S. by the end of the year.
“Tesla’s rolled out robotaxi service in a few cities, and will be very, very widespread by the end of this year within the U.S.,” he said during an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to CNBC.
Other companies developing robotaxi services in the U.S. include Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) Waymo and Amazon’s (AMZN) Zoox.
- Musk also said at Davos that Tesla (TSLA) will likely begin selling its Optimus robots to the public by the end of 2027.
Musk said Tesla would start selling the robots when the company is “confident that it’s very high reliability, very high safety, and the range of functionality is also very high.”
The robots are currently being used for simple tasks in Tesla factories, but the company expects them to be capable of more complex tasks by the end of 2026, Musk added, according to Bloomberg.
- Workday (WDAY) CEO Carl Eschenbach said concerns that AI was decimating the software business were “overblown.”
“It’s an overblown narrative, and it’s not true,” Eschenbach told CNBC during an interview in Davos, adding that AI was a tailwind for the company and “absolutely not a headwind.”