Tesla Inc has settled a lawsuit against one of its former engineers.
San Francisco:
Tesla Inc has settled a lawsuit against one of its former engineers, Alexander Yatskov, whom it accused of stealing trade secrets related to its AI-training supercomputer Dojo, according to a filing in San Francisco federal court on Wednesday.
The joint filing said the terms of the settlement were confidential but that Yatskov would make a monetary payment to the company.
Representatives for both parties did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Yatskov was a thermal engineer working on Dojo, a supercomputer that Tesla said in its lawsuit would “help solve difficult engineering problems such as vehicle autonomy.” The company said it hired Yatskov last January and resigned in May after being placed on administrative leave.
Tesla sued Yatskov that month for allegedly keeping confidential information about Dojo on his personal computer. The lawsuit also alleged that Yatskov provided Tesla with a “dummy” computer for the investigation to “cover his tracks”.
Yatskov previously told the court that Tesla filed the lawsuit during his last day at work and that he had turned over company materials after he left.
Yatskov admitted to transferring confidential Tesla information to his personal computer during his employment, according to Wednesday’s filing, but said he kept it only for work purposes and sought to have it removed after work was over. It was
A federal judge in San Francisco sent the case to arbitration last August, rejecting Yatskov’s petition to stay in federal court so he could publicly oppose Tesla’s claims, which the engineer described as “outrageous.” .
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