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Left Tesla after leading the Optimus AI team for more than two years to join Meta, having focused on scalable methods using reinforcement learning and learning from videos.
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Tesla's Optimus AI Team Lead Departs to Join Meta
Electric VehiclesnewsneutralSep 19, 2025
Ashish Kumar, lead of Tesla's Optimus AI team, has departed to join Meta as a research scientist, marking a significant talent loss for Tesla's humanoid robotics program.
“Left Tesla after leading the Optimus AI team for more than two years to join Meta, having focused on scalable methods using reinforcement learning and learning from videos.”
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