On Sunday, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk announced the revival of the company's Dojo3 supercomputer project, highlighting progress on the AI5 chip while inviting top engineers to help build "what will be one of the highest volume chips in the world."

Tesla Revives Dojo3 With AI5 Chip Progress

Musk took to X and said that Tesla is restarting work on Dojo3, the company's next-generation supercomputer designed to train its artificial intelligence and self-driving systems.

"Now that the AI5 chip design is in good shape, Tesla will restart work on Dojo3," he wrote on social media.

Tesla's Dojo supercomputer, first deployed in 2023, has been critical in powering machine learning models for Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology.

The second generation, Dojo2, was ultimately deemed an "evolutionary dead end," prompting Tesla to pause the project and restructure its team.

Musk Seeks Top Talent For High-Volume Chips

Alongside the announcement, Musk called for engineers to join the project.

He wrote, "If you're interested in working on what will be the highest volume chips in the world, send a note to [email protected] with 3 bullet points on the toughest technical problems you've solved."

The AI5 chip, which will serve as the backbone of Dojo3, is an in-house Tesla design that Musk has touted as a major upgrade over current hardware.

The project is expected to complement Tesla's existing computing clusters, which use a combination of Tesla-designed chips and Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) hardware for training machine learning models.

Notably, in November 2025, Musk said the AI5 chip would not be produced in large enough quantities to be deployed across Tesla's production lines until mid-2027.

He noted that the company would need several hundred thousand fully built AI5 boards ready at the factory line.

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