{"id":2322,"date":"2026-02-12T03:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/two-more-xai-co-founders-are-among-those-leaving-after-the-spacex-merger\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:26:43","slug":"two-more-xai-co-founders-are-among-those-leaving-after-the-spacex-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/two-more-xai-co-founders-are-among-those-leaving-after-the-spacex-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the xAI-SpaceX merger announced last week, which combined the two companies (as well as social media platform X) for a reported $1.25 trillion<\/a> valuation – the biggest merger of all time – a handful of xAI employees and two of its co-founders have abruptly exited the company, penning long departure announcements online. Some also announced that they were starting their own AI companies. <\/p>\n

Co-founder Yuhai (Tony) Wu announced<\/a> his departure on X, writing that it was \u00ab\u00a0time for [his] next chapter.\u00a0\u00bb Jimmy Ba, another co-founder, posted something similar<\/a> later that day, saying it was \u00ab\u00a0time to recalibrate [his] gradient on the big picture.\u00a0\u00bb Th \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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