According to @soumithchintala, Soumith Chintala, the creator and long-time leader of PyTorch, announced his departure from Meta and the PyTorch project, effective November 17, 2025 (source: Twitter/@soumithchintala). Under Chintala's leadership, PyTorch evolved from inception to achieving over 90% adoption among AI practitioners and enterprises, powering exascale training and foundation models in production at nearly every major AI company. This transition marks a pivotal point for the open-source deep learning framework, which is taught globally and has significantly lowered barriers for AI research and development. Chintala emphasized the resilience of the current PyTorch team and projected continued growth and innovation for the ecosystem. For the AI industry, this leadership change signals both stability and new opportunities: robust community stewardship, potential for further open-source collaboration, and increased demand for PyTorch talent in research and production environments. The broad adoption of PyTorch positions it as a critical infrastructure layer, and its ongoing evolution will continue to shape AI model development, deployment, and business strategies (source: Twitter/@soumithchintala).