PALO ALTO, CA – Ashok Elluswamy, who heads Tesla’s Autopilot division, has been appointed to lead the company’s Optimus humanoid robot program, following the exit of current lead Milan Kovac.

Ashok Elluswamy, the vice president of Tesla's AI software division, will take over the Optimus project, according to Bloomberg. This story has been updated with information from Kovac's X post ...

Milan Kovac, a Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) vice president in charge of the company’s Optimus humanoid robot program, is resigning due to personal reasons in a setback to CEO Elon Musk’s plans to ...

In a post on X, Kovac thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk and reminisced about his tenure, which began in 2016. "I want to thank @elonmusk from the bottom of my heart for his trust and teachings over the ...

“Milan, thank you for your outstanding contribution to Tesla over the past decade. It was an honor working with you,” CEO Elon Musk told his departing project lead, Milan Kovac.

Elon Musk acknowledged Ashok Elluswamy's pivotal role in Tesla's AI journey, nine years after initiating the Autopilot team. Elluswamy, now VP of AI, was Tesla's first Autopilot hire in 2014 and ...

Tesla's vice president of Optimus robotics, Milan Kovac, said on Friday that he's leaving the company. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. In a post on X, Kovac ...

Milan Kovac, Tesla's vice president in charge of Optimus humanoid robotics, announced on Friday that he's leaving the company. Kovac started at Tesla in 2016 and reported to CEO Elon Musk, who ...