Once 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,” Musk posted on X, the social media platform he owns,

Tesla shuts down its Dojo AI supercomputer, ending in-house chip efforts as Elon Musk shifts focus to AI5/AI6 chips and external tech partnerships.

Dojo is powered by Tesla’s D1 chip, designed in-house (and manufactured by TSMC) to handle massive volumes of driving data for training the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. With Dojo shelved,