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Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI | TechCrunch

All 11 xAI co-founders have now left Elon Musk's AI company, marking a complete exodus as the firm shifts under SpaceX and prepares for a potential IPO.
Musk describes xAI as 'rebuilt from the foundations up,' signaling a fundamental overhaul after prior underperformance in key tools.
SpaceX's acquisition has unified xAI with X (formerly Twitter) under a single umbrella, with SpaceX eyeing a mid-2026 IPO/Venture scale shift.
Nordeen, once Musk's right-hand operator coordinating priorities, is among the final two co-founders to depart, completing the leadership purge.
The departure wave began earlier, with Christian Szegedy and Tony Wu signaling early exits that foreshadowed the full-cofounder exodus.
The co-founders' exit occurs amid SpaceX-backed restructuring as xAI faced product competitiveness concerns, including coding tools lagging behind rivals.
Tesla’s $2 billion investment in xAI in January coincided with scrutiny over how corporate capital funded a project Musk now says needed rebuilding from scratch.
The exodus underscores a broader pattern: Musk's management style can drive hardware-scale successes while destabilizing research-driven teams.
The xAI talent pool remains highly valuable, with major AI players reportedly courting researchers amid the upheaval and potential SpaceX-backed scale.
Despite the exits, xAI retains assets like the Colossus supercomputer and Grok, leveraging SpaceX-backed infrastructure for future AI initiatives.

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