Core Insights - Tesla is disbanding its Dojo supercomputer team, disrupting its plans for in-house autonomous driving chip development [1] - CEO Elon Musk has ordered the closure of the Dojo project, with team leader Peter Bannon leaving the company [1] - Tesla will increasingly rely on external technology partners like NVIDIA, AMD, and Samsung for computing power and chip manufacturing [1] Group 1 - The Dojo supercomputer was initially designed to handle large volumes of video data to accelerate Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems [5] - Morgan Stanley estimated that Dojo could potentially add up to $500 billion in valuation for Tesla, as it was seen as a key competitive advantage [5] - The construction of the Dojo data center in Austin, Texas, has faced significant delays, leading to frustration from Musk [5] Group 2 - Approximately 20 employees from the Dojo team have left to join a newly founded company, DensityAI, which focuses on developing chips, hardware, and software for robotics and AI applications [5] - Remaining Dojo team members will be reassigned to other data centers and computing-related projects within Tesla [5] - Samsung recently announced a semiconductor foundry supply agreement worth approximately $16.5 billion, which Musk confirmed is for producing Tesla's next-generation AI6 chip [1]
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