According to @SawyerMerritt, Elon Musk has publicly called for talented engineers to join Tesla in designing and building next-generation AI chips, emphasizing the company's ambitious goal to launch a new AI chip design into volume production every 12 months (source: x.com/elonmusk/status/1992499020590108745). Musk states that Tesla aims to produce AI chips at a volume surpassing all other AI chips combined, highlighting the potential global impact on safety, autonomous driving, and medical care through innovations like Optimus. This initiative presents significant business opportunities for AI hardware specialists, and signals Tesla's intent to lead the AI hardware market by scaling production and accelerating real-world AI applications, particularly in automotive safety and healthcare (source: x.com/elonmusk/status/1992499020590108745).