"Elon Musk made the unusual offer when xAI's engineers were setting up new GPU racks, according to then-technical staff member Sulaiman Ghori. "Elon's like, 'OK, you can get a Cybertruck tonight if you can get a training run on these GPUs in 24 hours,'" Ghori said on "Relentless." The engineer - whom Ghori only referred to by their first name, Tyler - won the bet. Now, Ghori said he sees Tyler's Cybertruck outside his lunch window."
"Musk has been known to make bets with his employees. Almost two decades ago, he reportedly wagered against early SpaceX employee Steve Davis. Davis put up $20; Musk put up the possibility of a SpaceX frozen yogurt machine. Davis won, and employees on the Hawthorne campus enjoyed their free fro-yo. It helps that Musk's companies tend to have a flat org structure, giving Musk one-on-one contact with many of his employees."
Elon Musk offered a Cybertruck to any xAI engineer who could get a GPU training run completed within 24 hours while new GPU racks were being installed. An engineer identified only as Tyler completed the run and received the Cybertruck, which is parked outside the xAI office. Former xAI technical staffer Sulaiman Ghori recounted the wager and later announced his departure from xAI, posting "Nothing but love to my former team and coworkers!" on X. The episode underscores Musk's emphasis on speed and efficiency, his history of playful bets with employees, and a flat organizational structure that enables direct contact with staff.
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