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Chapter 11 of 18Robotics2 min read · 3 exhibits

Capital Requirements by Build Priority

What does each build cost, and where does the capital go?

Chapter summary

Each Tier 1 build is costed line by line, from R&D to factory and working capital. Capital intensity varies by an order of magnitude, from fabless chip design to a battery gigafactory.

Key takeaways

  1. 1

    Tier 1 totals $1.95–3.9B, Tier 2 $1.15–2.1B and Tier 3 $530–980M.

  2. 2

    A robotics battery gigafactory alone is $400–700M of the $650M–1.15B battery build.

  3. 3

    Tactile sensing is the lightest Tier 1 build at $115–205M.

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