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Chaos at Tesla as Dojo Supercomputer Team Collapses and Elon Musk Shifts Focus to AI5 and AI6 Chip Future
Tesla ends its $500 million Dojo supercomputer project due to a strategic pivot, focusing on AI5 and AI6 chips amid talent losses and competitive challenges, Elon Musk said.
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the shutdown of Tesla's Dojo supercomputer project and disbandment of its team in 2025.
- The decision followed key departures, including team leader Peter Bannon and about 20 members who joined startup DensityAI.
- Tesla now focuses entirely on AI5 and AI6 chips, designed for full self-driving and onboard AI inference, replacing Dojo's role.
- Musk stated the newer AI chips are excellent for inference and good for training, with future designs integrating many AI6 chips on one board called Dojo 3.
- This shift signals Tesla's streamlined AI strategy amid $16.5 billion Samsung chip supply deal and broader company restructurings.
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Elon Musk has just confirmed the abandonment of the Dojo project, calling this supercomputer of artificial intelligence "scalable impasse". The announcement comes only a few weeks after the CEO had mentioned a large-scale deployment of a second version for 2026. In addition, the team developing this technology has been dissolved, marking a major strategic shift towards AI5 chips and ... Read more Tesla's article permanently abandons its Dojo sup…
Tesla ends Dojo project to focus on AI6 chip design
Elon Musk confirmed Tesla’s disbandment of its Dojo AI training supercomputer team, citing a strategic pivot towards AI6 chip development, impacting the Buffalo, New York facility and previous plans for a second Dojo cluster in 2026. Musk stated on X that the decision to shut down Dojo and implement “tough personnel choices” stemmed from the realization that “all paths converged to AI6,” rendering “Dojo 2” an “evolutionary dead end.” He further …
Tesla stellt Arbeit am hauseigenen KI-Projekt Dojo ein
Noch im vergangenen Jahr betonte Tesla-Chef Elon Musk, wie wichtig das KI-Supercomputer-Projekt Dojo für die Zukunft des Elektroautoherstellers sei – nun wurde das Projekt eingestellt. Wie Bloomberg aus Insiderkreisen berichtet, hat Tesla sein Dojo-Team aufgelöst, Teamleiter Peter Bannon wird das Unternehmen demnach verlassen. Dojo ist die firmeninterne Bezeichnung für einen eigens entwickelten Supercomputer, der unter anderem für die Optimierun…
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