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Elon Musk lauds Indian-origin engineer behind Tesla's Autopilot innovations

Tesla CEO Elon Musk praised Indian-origin engineer Ashok Elluswamy, the first person hired for Tesla's autopilot team. It all started when Elluswamy shared how Musk "has been the key driver of AI and autonomy at Tesla." When Musk came across this post, he reshared it and praised Elluswamy. He wrote, "Thanks Ashok! Without him and our awesome team, we would just be another car company looking for an autonomous supplier that doesn't exist."