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February 11, 2026
Musk announces xAI re-org following co-founder departures, SpaceX merger
The reorganization "required parting ways with some people," Elon Musk said Wednesday on X.
TL;DR
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced a reorganization at xAI, stating that "some people" were let go to improve execution speed.
- Several xAI co-founders, including Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, have recently departed.
- SpaceX, which owns social network X and developed Grok, acquired xAI in an all-stock transaction.
- xAI is facing regulatory probes in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. concerning the generation of non-consensual explicit images by Grok.
- Musk launched xAI in 2023 to compete with AI leaders like OpenAI and Google.
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