Source: TIME
Context: OpenAI Robotics Software Engineer listing
Published: August 26, 2026
OpenAI plans to make humanoid robots, according to new TIME reporting on Sam Altman.
In a new TIME profile, TIME reports that Sam Altman believes everyone should someday have a personal robot and that OpenAI will “definitely” make humanoid robots.
The home angle is still early. OpenAI is not announcing a home robot, a price, a release date, a preorder, or a household pilot program.
Still, the signal matters for Humanoid Home News readers. OpenAI is one of the companies most closely associated with frontier AI, voice assistants, agents, multimodal models and general-purpose intelligence.
OpenAI’s own hiring language also points to a serious robotics effort. A Robotics Software Engineer listing says the team is focused on general-purpose robotics, AGI-level intelligence in dynamic real-world settings and a broad range of robotic form factors.
The takeaway for Humanoid Home News readers: OpenAI has not announced a consumer home humanoid. But TIME’s reporting and OpenAI’s robotics hiring language suggest that one of the world’s most influential AI companies is moving more seriously toward physical robots, including humanoids.
