Tesla’s Dojo, a timeline

The article chronicles the development and evolution of Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer, a critical component in Elon Musk’s vision to transform Tesla from just an automaker into a leading AI company focused on full self-driving technology. First mentioned in 2019, Dojo was introduced as a custom-built supercomputer designed to train neural networks using vast amounts of video data from Tesla’s fleet. Over the years, Musk and Tesla have highlighted Dojo’s potential to significantly improve the speed and efficiency of AI training, with ambitions for it to surpass traditional GPU-based systems. Tesla officially announced Dojo in 2021, unveiling its D1 chip and plans for an AI cluster comprising thousands of these chips. By 2022, Tesla demonstrated tangible progress with Dojo, including load testing of its hardware and showcasing AI-generated imagery powered by the system. The company aimed to complete a full Exapod cluster by early 2023 and planned multiple such clusters to scale its AI capabilities. In 2023, Musk