Andrej Karpathy, Tesla Inc.’s senior director of AI and head of its Autopilot Vision team, is leaving the company.

“It’s been a great pleasure to help Tesla towards its goals over the last 5 years and a difficult decision to part ways,” he said in a tweet Wednesday. “In that time, Autopilot graduated from lane keeping to city streets and I look forward to seeing the exceptionally strong Autopilot team continue that momentum.”

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