Tesla creator and CEO Elon Musk recently announced that an engineer of Indian origin is the company's first employee for Tesla's autopilot. After Musk, the richest man in the world, posted a new tweet seeking candidates for the autopilot team, Ashok Elluswamy, who is currently director of autopilot software at Tesla, was hired. Elluswamy has been with the business for eight years.
Ashok is crucial to Tesla's autopilot and his value was recently highlighted in an interview by the billionaire. Musk said, “Ashok is actually the head of Autopilot engineering. Andrej is the director of AI; People often give me too much credit and give Andrej too much credit. The Tesla Autopilot AI team is extremely talented. Some of the smartest people in the world. "
Musk tweeted on December 29 in response to a clip from one of his interviews posted on Twitter: "Ashok was the first person recruited from my tweet saying that Tesla is starting an Autopilot team!"
Elon on Teslas Autopilot team: Ashok is actually the head of Autopilot engineering. Andrej is director of AI; People often give me too much credit & give Andrej too much credit. The Tesla Autopilot AI team is extremely talented. Some of the smartest people in the world. @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/a6vJ64aphG
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) December 29, 2021
According to his LinkedIn profile, Tesla employee Ashok Elluswamy is a robotics engineer with expertise in computer vision and sensing through management and command. He graduated from College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication.
He went to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to study the development of robotic systems. He worked at WABCO Vehicle Control Systems and Volkswagen before joining Tesla. Elluswamy joined Tesla as an Autopilot Software Developer in January 2014 and was promoted to Autopilot Software Director in 2019.
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