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Tesla Shuts Down Dojo Team to Focus on AI5 and AI6 Chips

Musk announced on X that remaining Dojo engineers will be redeployed to other Tesla compute projects.

Tesla Dojo Supercomputer Tile.
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A drone view shows Tesla electric vehicles waiting for shipment outside the Tesla gigafactory in Austin, Texas, U.S., May 2, 2025.
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Overview

  • Elon Musk ordered the disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer project, prompting the exit of project lead Peter Bannon.
  • About 20 former Dojo engineers have departed to form the startup DensityAI, which aims to build AI chips for data centers and robotics.
  • Remaining Dojo team members will be redeployed to other data center and compute initiatives within Tesla.
  • Tesla will rely on external partners such as Nvidia and AMD for AI training hardware and has signed a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung to manufacture its AI6 chips.
  • Musk said on X that consolidating around the AI5 and AI6 chip designs will simplify Tesla’s compute architecture and deliver strong inference and training performance.