{"id":336460,"date":"2025-08-11T19:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336460\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:08:12","slug":"elon-musk-confirms-shutdown-of-tesla-dojo-an-evolutionary-dead-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336460\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk confirms shutdown of Tesla Dojo, \u2018an evolutionary dead end\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend reports<\/a> that Tesla has disbanded the team working on its Dojo AI training supercomputer, just weeks after announcing<\/a> he expected to have Tesla\u2019s second cluster operating \u201cat scale\u201d in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce it became clear that all paths converged to AI6, I had to shut down Dojo and make some tough personnel choices, as Dojo 2 was now an evolutionary dead end,\u201d Musk posted on X<\/a>, the social media platform he owns, on Sunday. \u201cDojo 3 arguably lives on in the form of a large number of AI6 [systems-on-a-chip] on a single board.\u201d<\/p>\n

After bringing its first Dojo supercomputer to life and powering it with a mix of Nvidia GPUs and in-house-made D1 chips, Tesla had planned to build a second Dojo factory \u2014 referred to by Musk as \u201cDojo 2\u201d \u2014 that would have been powered by a second-generation D2 chip.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It appears the D2 chip under development has been shelved along with the broader Dojo project as Tesla shifts its focus to its AI5 and AI6 chips, which are being manufactured by TSMC and Samsung,<\/a> respectively. The AI5 chip is primarily built to power FSD, Tesla\u2019s driver assistance system, while AI6 is designed for both onboard inference \u2014 meaning, it promises to power self-driving in cars and autonomous capabilities in humanoid robots \u2014 and large-scale AI training.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t make sense for Tesla to divide its resources and scale two quite different AI chip designs,\u201d Musk posted<\/a> late Friday evening. \u201cThe Tesla AI5, AI6 and subsequent chips will be excellent for inference and at least pretty good for training. All effort is focused on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that for a supercomputer cluster, it makes more sense to put \u201cmany AI5\/AI6 chips on a board, whether for inference or training, simply to reduce network cabling complexity & cost by a few orders of magnitude.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne could call that Dojo 3, I suppose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Musk has talked about Dojo<\/a> since 2019<\/a>, reiterating that Dojo would be a cornerstone of Tesla\u2019s mission to achieve full self-driving and commercialize humanoid robots. Talk of Dojo halted around August 2024 when Musk began touting Cortex instead, a \u201cgiant new AI training supercluster being built at Tesla HQ in Austin to solve real-world AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear if Cortex is still in the works. TechCrunch has reached out to Tesla to learn more, as well as to inquire about the fate of the Dojo facility Tesla had invested $500 million<\/a> to build in Buffalo, New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The shift in strategy comes at a time when Tesla is experiencing falling EV sales and significant brand damage after Musk\u2019s forays into politics. Musk has worked to convince investors that Tesla still has a future in autonomy, despite a slow and limited robotaxi launch in Austin this past June that resulted in numerous reported incidents of the vehicles exhibiting problematic driving behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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