Altman confirms OpenAI will build humanoid, demo in 2027

"We will." That was Sam Altman's answer, on the Sources podcast, when asked whether OpenAI would actually build a humanoid robot, Engadget reports.

The timeline came from a separate interview. "I think we'll have a cool demo in 2027 ... I don't think there will be robots walking the streets for a few years longer," Altman told Fortune.

The form-factor logic was flat. "The world is very much designed for people," he said, so "matching that form factor seems good." He kept pushing the hard problem onto software: robot design details are "less important than really figuring out ... the brain that makes the robot work."

The careers page carries the operational signal. OpenAI currently lists 27 robotics openings covering motion control, state estimation, actuator control, whole-robot behavior and machine-learning infrastructure for physical AI systems. Engadget writes the company's job listings "indicate it is working on custom electromechanical actuators that include motors, transmissions, sensing and thermal systems, while other positions cover manufacturing and the supply chain needed to eventually produce hardware at scale."

No partner is named. No price. No release date. The confirmation lands alongside a dense robotics beat on our tracker and 399 OpenAI stories logged in the last 90 days.