Tesla's Dojo supercomputer appears on track to be doing something useful in summer 2022.

The prediction is that by the end of summer 2022 (2022-09-22), Tesla's Dojo supercomputer would be doing useful work, meaning real work such as training Tesla neural networks rather than benchmarks or lab demonstrations. TRUE: Tesla disclosures or credible reporting show Dojo hardware running real training workloads by then. MOSTLY TRUE: useful workloads began within that window but only at very small scale. MOSTLY FALSE: by the end of summer 2022 Dojo existed only as working tiles or test systems running demos or benchmarks, or useful work began later in 2022 or after. FALSE: later Tesla statements (for example at AI Day in September 2022 or in later shareholder updates) show Dojo was not doing useful work by the end of summer 2022, for example with production use described as coming in 2023 or later.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Tesla begins installing Dojo supercomputer cabinets, trips local substation DatacenterDynamics

   “Dojo is currently expected to come into operation in Q1 2023.”

2. E2 Tesla Dojo supercomputer is finally coming next month Electrek · 21 June 2023

   “The first quarter of the year came and went without any news of Dojo being in operation.”

3. E3 Tesla’s Dojo, a timeline | TechCrunch TechCrunch · 2 September 2025

   “July 19 – Tesla notes in its second-quarter earnings report it has started production of Dojo.”

E1 says Dojo was expected to come into operation in Q1 2023, but the item is undated. E3 reports only that no news of Dojo operating appeared by the end of Q1 2023, and E4's entry gives no year. None of the items shows whether Dojo was doing useful work by the end of summer 2022.