Tesla's Dojo Shakeup! Ganesh Venkataramanan Reportedly Exits The EV Giant's Supercomputer Project On Autonomous-Driving Software

Tesla, Inc.'s TSLA Dojo supercomputer project lead, Ganesh Venkataramanan, has reportedly departed from the company.

Venkataramanan, who has been leading the Dojo project at Tesla for the past five years, left the electric vehicle manufacturer last month, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

According to the report, Peter Bannon, a former Apple Inc. AAPL executive who has been a director at Tesla for seven years, has taken over the project's leadership. 

The Dojo supercomputer, currently in development, is designed to process vast quantities of data, including video footage from Tesla vehicles, the report read.

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Dojo is made to handle data, train autonomous-driving software and is powered by a custom D1 chip, as per the report.

Recently, Tesla set up hardware for the Dojo supercomputer at a central facility in Palo Alto, California, Bloomberg reported, citing two sources. 

As of Wednesday, Venkataramanan's name was no longer listed in Tesla's internal directories, as noted by one of the informants to Bloomberg.

Price Action: TSLA shares are trading higher by 0.92% to $241.56 on the last check Thursday.

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