Tesla CEO Elon Musk late on Thursday told employees to “hang onto their stock” as he laid out a vision where Optimus humanoid robots become the top-selling product of all-time.

It's gotten so bad that one of Tesla's earliest investors has called for Musk to step down. Ross Gerber said in an interview with Sky News that Musk's role in the U.S. government — notably the (extremely) divisive Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — and close ties to President Donald Trump have damaged Tesla.

"It's time for somebody to run Tesla," one early investor said this week. "The business has been neglected for too long."