Cognition President Built AI Infstack for Tesla Autopilot
russelljkaplan · x · 2026-08-20
Tim Zaman revealed that Russell Kaplan, President of Cognition, was the 'grandfather' of the AI Infra and training stack at Tesla Autopilot, with some code still in use today. Kaplan replied with fond memories, jokingly noting that he expected agents to have rewritten it all by now.
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