Tesla’s head of Autopilot software leaves in restructuring
Tesla’s head of Autopilot software leaves in restructuring
esla’s head of Autopilot software, Stuart Bowers, has left the automaker to work for the venture capital firm Greylock after a restructuring of the Autopilot team.
Over the last few months, there have been several reports about a restructuring of Tesla’s Autopilot team.
In May, we reported that Tesla was restructuring its Autopilot software team and Elon Musk was taking the reins.
Here’s from the original report:
“According to people familiar with the matter talking to Electrek, Stuart Bowers, VP of Autopilot Software, saw several of his responsibilities being removed and people under him have been promoted and are now going to report directly to Musk.
Amongst the people being promoted, Milan Kovac, a software engineer who held several positions on Tesla’s Autopilot team over the last 3 years, has been promoted to Director of Autopilot Software Engineering at Tesla.
Several other senior Autopilot engineers have been let go and others promoted as part of this restructuring. We will update as more information becomes available.”
A few months later, The Information corroborated our sources and added other specifics about the changes in the Autopilot team.
Despite all the changes and Musk taking more direct reports, it wasn’t clear if Bowers had actually left the company.
Now we have confirmation for the first time that the executive has left Tesla after Greylock Partners announced that he has joined the firm as an Executive in Residence
Greylock partner Josh McFarland said about his time at Tesla:
“Most recently, Stuart led the Autopilot Software Team at Tesla, where he managed a team of more than 100 engineers. He focused on taking what was happening with both hardware and computer vision, and packaging it with all the planning, controls and testing, and the operating system to make a viable product that goes on top of people’s cars."
read more : https://electrek.co/2019/08/21/tesla-head-autopilot-software-leaves-restructuring/