He quickly rose through the ranks and ended up leading Autopilot software engineering from 2019 to 2022. In 2022, he started working on Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program.

(Reuters) -Milan Kovac, the head of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot program, announced his plans to step down in a post on X on Friday. Kovac became the lead of the program in 2022 when he was ...

The head of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company. Kovac said Friday in a post on X that he “had to make the most difficult decision” of his life to leave.

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Kovac became the lead of the program in 2022 when he was appointed director of Optimus and Autopilot Engineering, and he took on the role of vice president in September last year. Bloomberg News ...