Tesla, a battery and electric vehicle manufacturer owned by Elon Musk, has appointed Jessy Rivest as the leader of its energy program team. – Tesla. Rivest has come on board from venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, which specializes in frontier and emerging technologies. She served for four years as an investment partner at the company.
In a reflection on her move on LinkedIn, Rivest stated: “I am joining Tesla to oversee the company’s long-term energy initiatives, encompassing batteries, charging, and solar.” During the last four years, I had the chance to collaborate with investors and entrepreneurs in various climate technology sectors, including initial technical uncertainty, manufacturing, and early implementation at Khosla Ventures. I am eager to apply this experience to Tesla, which has a distinctive role in influencing the energy sector’s future, covering all aspects of production, storage, and consumption, and possesses the capacity to integrate and deploy these technologies on a large scale.
In recent years, Tesla has been focusing more on the data center industry, helping the expansion of SpaceXAI’s (formerly known as xAI) data center products, which are part of Elon Musk’s empire. In 2020, it was reported that the battery company utilized 168 Tesla Megapacks at its Colossus data centers.
This year, the firm applied for a trademark for a modular data center hardware system called Megapod. There have been recent developments in North America. 01 May 2026.
October 19, 2026.
