(Jan 19): Tesla Inc chief executive officer Elon Musk said the electric carmaker will resume work on the Dojo3 project after making progress on the design of its AI5 chip.
In a post on X, Musk also invited job applications for what he described as “the highest volume chips in the world”.
Now that the AI5 chip design is in good shape, Tesla will restart work on Dojo3.
If you’re interested in working on what will be the highest volume chips in the world, send a note to AI_Chips@Tesla.com with 3 bullet points on the toughest technical problems you’ve solved. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 18, 2026
Musk said last week that the design of the AI5 chip was “almost done” and AI6 was in its early stages.
Last year, Musk said that Tesla would use Samsung Electronics Co to produce the next-generation AI6 chip. The companies signed a US$16.5 billion ($21.22 billion) pact that was seen as a major win for the South Korean manufacturing giant’s foundry unit — a business that produces chips for outside clients.
Tesla abruptly ended the so-called Dojo project last year. It revolved around an in-house artificial-intelligence supercomputer for developing driverless-vehicle technology. Dojo was once positioned as central to Tesla’s multibillion-dollar effort to pull ahead in the artificial intelligence race.
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