"The past few days have been a wild ride for xAI, which is racking up staff and cofounder departure announcements left and right. On Tuesday and Wednesday, cofounder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced his departure and that it was "time for [his] next chapter," with cofounder Jimmy Ba following with a similar post later that day, writing that it was "time to recalibrate [his] gradient on the big picture.""
"Elon Musk's AI startup, by one merger / acquisition or another, is under the same umbrella as both his space company, SpaceX, and his social media platform, X. Since the SpaceX merger was announced last week, rumors have swirled about the reported $1.25 trillion valuation and the all-in-one company's future plans, which Musk announced would involve "space-based AI" data centers and "the most a"
xAI has experienced multiple cofounder and staff departures, including Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba. Wu said it was "time for [his] next chapter," and Ba said it was "time to recalibrate [his] gradient on the big picture." The exits leave xAI with only half of its original 12 cofounders on staff. Several employees announced departures on X, with some founding new AI startups. Former employees say restructuring followed tensions over safety and a sense of being "stuck in the catch-up phase." xAI now sits under the same umbrella as SpaceX and X after the SpaceX merger, which sparked rumors of a $1.25 trillion valuation and plans for "space-based AI" data centers.
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