Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said the company will resume work on its Dojo3 project after making progress on the design of its AI5 chip.
In a post on X, Musk said, “Now that the AI5 chip design is in good shape, Tesla will restart work on Dojo3.” The executive also invited job applications for what he described as “the highest-volume chips in the world.”
Musk said on Saturday that the AI5 chip design is “almost done,” while work on the next-generation AI6 chip is still in its early stages.
Tesla plans to use Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) to manufacture the AI6 chip under a $16.5B agreement announced last year. Separately, Musk said in November that AI5 chips—manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM)—are expected to enter high-volume production in 2027, replacing the current AI4 chips used in Tesla vehicles.
Tesla had abruptly shut down the Dojo project last year. The initiative centered on building an in-house artificial-intelligence supercomputer to support the development of autonomous driving technology.
“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.
“Dojo 3 arguably lives on in the form of a large number of AI6 [systems-on-a-chip] on a single board.”