Tesla ranks 1 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 92; Unitree ranks 2 with 89. Tesla is ahead on deployment, technology, firepower and leverage. Unitree is ahead on production and commercials. Level on progress and positioning. Tesla is based in Austin, United States, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Tesla: Public. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. Tesla is named in 750 signals and Unitree in 720.
Tesla is developing Optimus as a general-purpose humanoid robot, with factory assembly capabilities and planned large-scale deployment.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Tesla makes the Optimus humanoid, a household-to-factory ambition backed by massive capital. It is an essential name in the category (detailed research pending).
750 signals name Tesla.
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Unitree designs, manufactures, and sells general-purpose bipedal humanoid robots including the G1, G1+, H1, and R1. It has reported mass production of approximately 18,000 bipedal humanoids.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Unitree is the Chinese humanoid and quadruped leader (Shanghai STAR Market IPO in August 2026, ~$905M raised at ~$9B, closing up ~460-542% day one) that shipped 5,500 humanoids in 2025 (world #1 per its prospectus) with FY25 revenue of RMB 1.71B (~$250M, +335%) at ~60% gross margin, humanoids now 51.5% of core revenue. Its H2 full-size humanoid ships at $29,900 (the cheapest on the market) and its G1 at $13,500, with a $100K NVIDIA GR00T reference platform due late 2026, targeting ~20,000 humanoid shipments in 2026. A critical mix flag: >70% of 2025 humanoid sales were research and educational buyers, with industrial deployments under 10% of revenue, so its shipment count and its useful-work count are very different things.
720 signals name Unitree.
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Tesla ranks 1 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 92; Unitree ranks 2 with 89. Tesla is ahead on deployment, technology, firepower and leverage. Unitree is ahead on production and commercials. Level on progress and positioning. Tesla is based in Austin, United States, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Tesla: Public. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. Tesla is named in 750 signals and Unitree in 720.
Tesla ranks 1 on the Humanoids 100 with a score of 92; Unitree ranks 2 with 89. Tesla is ahead on deployment, technology, firepower and leverage. Unitree is ahead on production and commercials. Level on progress and positioning. Tesla is based in Austin, United States, Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Tesla: Public. Unitree: Public, founded 2016. Tesla is named in 750 signals and Unitree in 720. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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