Read Elon Musk’s post that got Ashok Elluswamy, the first employee of Tesla AI, hired

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that a single social media post in 2015 led to the hiring of Ashok Elluswamy, now head of Autopilot and AI. This unconventional approach, where Musk directly solicited applications via email, was instrumental in building Tesla’s AI team organically from scratch, a strategy he credits for the company’s growth and innovations.