- Teslas Dojo Supercomputer Dream ends after management changes and mass output transforms its AI strategy
- Dojo project seemed to revolutionize autonomous driving before internal shifts stopped its momentum
- Samsung’s Chip Agreement of $ 16.5 billion with Tesla marks a greater reversal in AI development
Tesla has closed its dojo super computer team in what seems to be a major shift in the company’s artificial intelligence plans.
Reports from Bloomberg Claim that the decision followed the end of team leader Peter Bannon and the loss of about 20 other employees to a newly created venture called Densityai.
The remaining team members will now be awarded to other computing and data center projects within Tesla.
Leadership output triggers Tesla Shake-up
The Dojo system was originally developed around custom training chips designed to process large amounts of driving data and video from Tesla’s electric vehicles.
The goal was to use this information to train the company’s autonomous driving software more efficiently than off-the-shelf systems.
However, CEO Elon Musk said of X that it was no longer sensible to divide resources between two different AI chips.
Tesla has not answered requests for comment, but Musk has outlined the company’s focus on developing its AI5 and AI6 chips.
He said this would be “excellent for inference and at least pretty good for training” and could be placed in large supercomputer clusters, a configuration he suggested could be called “dojo 3.”
The company’s shifts away from the Dojo project comes in the midst of a broader restructuring effort that has seen several executive departures and thousands of job cuts.
Tesla has also worked on integrating AI tools such as Falling Chatbot in its vehicles and expanding its AI ambitions beyond self-driving technology.
Tesla’s plans for future AI computer infrastructure and chip production after dojo are very dependent on external technology suppliers, with NVIDIA and AMD expected to provide computer capacities, while Samsung Electronics will produce chips for the company.
Samsung recently secured an agreement of $ 16.5 billion to supply AI chips to Tesla, which is expected to operate autonomous vehicles, humanoid robots and data centers.
Musk has previously said that Samsung’s new Texas system will produce Teslas AI6 -Chip, with AI5 production scheduled by the end of 2026.
Currently, Musk is convinced that Tesla’s Chip Roadmap supports its ambitions.
But with the original dojo team, which is largely gone and dependence on external partners rising, the company’s AI course depends on whether its new chips and computer infrastructure can deliver the results promised.
