Tesla's CEO recently made a bold statement about the company's progress on designing its own artificial intelligence chips.

Few figures in the business world command attention quite like Elon Musk . Known for his ability to shape narratives and capture Wall Street's attention, he has once again grabbed the spotlight -- this time with comments about Tesla 's ( TSLA 2.27% ) ambitions to design its own artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

Just had a great design review today with the Tesla AI5 chip design team! This is going to be an epic chip.

And AI6 to follow has a shot at being the best by AI chip by far.

Switching from doing 2 chip architectures to 1 means all our silicon talent is focused on making 1... -- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 6, 2025

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