“There will be a billion bipedal robots by 2040 — a figure I consider an underestimate — working 24/7, not 8 hours with breaks, potentially outproducing the entire manual labor capacity of humanity.”
Founder, Khosla Ventures; early OpenAI investor
Said Apr 7, 2025Deadline Dec 31, 2040Forbes, 'The Exponential Future: Vinod Khosla's Bold Vision For 2030', April 7, 2025
Resolves on whether roughly one billion bipedal/humanoid robots are deployed by 2040; global humanoid deployments today number in the thousands.