The Dojo system is a Tesla-designed supercomputer used to train the machine-learning models
Tesla Inc. is disbanding its Dojo supercomputer team and its leader will depart the company, according to people familiar with the matter, upending the automaker's effort to develop in-house chips for driverless technology.
Peter Bannon, who was heading up Dojo, is leaving and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has ordered the effort to be shut down, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters. The team has lost about 20 workers recently to newly formed DensityAI, and remaining Dojo workers are being reassigned to other data center and compute projects within Tesla, the people said.
Tesla plans to increase its reliance on external technology partners, including Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. for computers, and Samsung Electronics Co. for chip manufacturing, the people said.
Tesla, Musk and Bannon didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
The decision marks a major shift for a program years in the making, with Dojo once positioned as central to Tesla's multibillion-dollar plan to gain computing muscle in the artificial intelligence race.
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