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Randy Kirk“I think that they're wrong about Optimus. There hasn't there's been a year delay but in the last nine months everything's been going as promised.”
Thesis at the time
BullishRandy Kirk frames Tesla as increasingly a 'physical AI platform' rather than just a car company, citing favorable analyst notes from Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer, deepening SpaceX ties, new European FSD approvals, and a massive chip/compute buildout with Intel. He believes Tesla's stock strength today reflects these converging catalysts, though he acknowledges some analyst caution around Optimus execution.
Key arguments
- Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas frames Tesla and SpaceX as sharing a 'physical AI' mission with deep operational overlap (robots, energy, compute, manufacturing).
- A new Tesla-Intel chip facility (~$119B construction cost) is being built to supply chips for Tesla robots, vehicles, and SpaceX satellites/compute.
- Seven European countries have now approved Tesla's supervised FSD, including the newest approval from Czechia.
- Oppenheimer highlighted Tesla's vertical integration into chips, compute, cyber cab manufacturing, and AI infrastructure as a bullish structural shift.
- Tesla stock was up as much as 2.71% intraday on the combination of these catalysts.
Counter-arguments acknowledged
- Oppenheimer remains cautious on Optimus, citing possible further ramp delays.
- Other banks (JP Morgan, Wedbush, Morningstar) have flagged merger uncertainty, valuation gaps, China regulatory risk, and shareholder dilution concerns regarding Tesla-SpaceX integration.
Hedges and caveats (from the video)
- Tesla and SpaceX stock both trailed off despite early gains despite broader market strength
- Rebalancing and hedging activity may be suppressing SpaceX performance
- Morgan Stanley note frames companies as sharing mission but explicitly does not predict or call for a merger
- Many projects described are separate efforts despite collaboration, not consolidated operations
The call
- Date said
- Sep 21, 2026
- Price at prediction
- $364.27
- Confidence
- medium
- Specificity
- vague
How it resolved
- Status
- unverifiable
Why this resolved this way(resolution audit)
Full rules: docs/resolution-spec.md.
Confidence Reasoning
Randy expresses a clear directional disagreement with Oppenheimer's caution, showing conviction that Optimus progress justifies bullishness, but he doesn't give a price target or timeframe and hedges slightly with 'I think'.
Source
Tesla Stock Up and It Makes Total Sense
Said on Sep 21, 2026Open on YouTube ↗