Ashok Elluswamy completed his Engineering from Chennai and is now the Director of Tesla Autopilot Software.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has praised Ashok Elluswamy, an Indian-origin engineer, for his pivotal role in developing Tesla’s Autopilot technology. On Sunday, Musk highlighted Mr Elluswamy’s contributions to the project in a social media post.
Ashok Elluswamy, who was the first engineer hired for Tesla’s Autopilot team, shared his journey on X.
Mr Musk reshared his post, crediting him and the AI/Autopilot team for their groundbreaking work. “Without him and our awesome team, we would just be another car company looking for an autonomous supplier that doesn’t exist,” Musk said.
Who is Ashok Elluswamy?
1. Ashok Elluswamy is a robotics engineer. He has vast experience in computer vision and perception, as well as planning and control, according to his LinkedIn
2. Currently living in San Francisco, he was the first engineer to be hired for Tesla’s Autopilot team.
3. Mr Elluswamy has been with Tesla for 10 years, starting in June 2014. After 2.5 years, he advanced to a senior software engineer position. In May 2019, he was promoted to Director of Tesla Autopilot Software, a role he holds to this day.