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Tesla's early career in Europe led him to Budapest, where he first conceptualized the alternating current generator—a groundbreaking invention that would change the future of electrical power. His journey took him to Paris, and eventually the United States in 1884, where he found himself entangled in a working relationship with Thomas Edison. Initially captivated by Edison's success, Tesla's ideological and methodological divergence soon transformed mutual admiration into fierce rivalry.