Musk pivots to Samsung and places his bets on the AI6

Musk shuts down Dojo and opts for partnership with Samsung.

August 15, 2025

Jon Peddie

As of August 8, 2025, Tesla is disbanding its Dojo supercomputer team, signaling a strategic shift toward external partners for AI hardware. As part of this change, Samsung secured a $16.5 billion contract to manufacture Tesla’s next-generation AI5 and AI6 processors at its plant in Taylor, Texas. The AI6 chip is designed to power Tesla’s self-driving vehicles, humanoid robots (known as Optimus), and Tesla’s AI training. The AI5 is being used to power Tesla’s FSD (full self-driving) system. The AI6 will be used for large-scale AI training and inference. This move helps Tesla diversify its supply chain and reflects a

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