The SpaceXAI Exodus: More Than 50 Recent Exits as Meta, Thinking Machines Hire Staff

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Over 50 xAI researchers and engineers have departed since SpaceX's February acquisition, including all remaining co-founders, as Meta and other labs recruit the talent.

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<p>Call it the SpaceXAI exodus.</p> <p>More than 50 researchers and engineers working on xAI’s Grok models have left the AI lab since SpaceX acquired it in February, through layoffs, firings and voluntary departures, according to several people with knowledge of the moves. These departures come on top of the exits of all of xAI’s co-founders besides Elon Musk.</p>