Google Hires Key Autopilot Exec from Tesla (TSLA)

Alphabet's (Nasdaq: GOOG)(Nasdaq: GOOGL) Google is said to have tapped the talents of one key Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) engineer.

According to 9to5google, Robert Rose, who was manager of Tesla's Autopilot team, left the company in October following a six-year stint with SpaceX and Tesla. Rose joined SpaceX in 2009 as lead software engineer for SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Dragon flights. He was then promoted to Director of Flight Software before joining Tesla last May.

Read more about the move here. Shares of Tesla are indicated higher early Tuesday.

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