Elon Musk wants $1 trillion to control Tesla's 'robot army'

Tesla's earnings calls are always a fun listen, mostly because company CEO Elon Musk never runs out of weird things to say.

This time, during the company's Q3 2025 report on Wednesday, the comment that took the cake was Musk's insistence that he needs the proposed $1 trillion compensation package to control Tesla's "robot army."

The $1 trillion figure is from the executive pay package that was proposed for Musk by Tesla's board in September (a significant jump from the month before). Should Musk hit a number of tough company milestones, he'd be entitled to nearly $1 trillion worth of Tesla stock over the next decade.