According to Soumith Chintala, he will step down from PyTorch and leave Meta on November 17, 2025 (source: Soumith Chintala on X, Nov 6, 2025). He stated that PyTorch now handles exascale training, powers foundation models, is taught widely, and is in production at virtually every major AI company with 90%+ adoption in AI (source: Soumith Chintala on X, Nov 6, 2025). He emphasized a prepared succession bench—Edward, Suo, Alban, Greg, John, Joe, Jana, Jason and others—saying the project no longer depends on him and is truly resilient (source: Soumith Chintala on X, Nov 6, 2025). He pointed to a coherent PyTorch Conference product story and said the 2025 product lineup and execution will evidence continued strength (source: Soumith Chintala on X, Nov 6, 2025). He noted the PyTorch Conference now draws around 3,000 attendees where market-moving deals are brokered, underscoring deep industry integration (source: Soumith Chintala on X, Nov 6, 2025). He added that he is pursuing a small new venture outside Meta while staying involved with the community, including filing issues (source: Soumith Chintala on X, Nov 6, 2025).