The disbanding of Tesla’s Dojo efforts follows the departure of around 20 workers, who left the automaker to start their own AI company dubbed DensityAI focused on data center services for industries.

Tesla's self-driving strategy based on AI technology is headed in a different direction. The electric car company's strategy was previously led by Tesla's Dojo supercomputer team, which disbanded around Aug.

Tesla Inc. is disbanding its Dojo team and its leader will leave the company, according to people familiar with the matter, upending the automaker’s effort to build an in-house supercomputer