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, the social media platform he owns,

Tesla is shutting down Dojo, the supercomputer project that was at one time key to the automaker's driverless-vehicle technology. Dojo's head is also leaving the company.

The move to unwind the AI division comes as 20 Dojo employees have left for DensityAI, a new startup led by its former head, Ganesh Venkataramanan.