Elon Musk says xAI 'wasn't built right' and is being rebuilt after co-founder exodus and SpaceX acquisition
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez
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Elon Musk has admitted that his AI startup xAI "wasn't built right" and is being rebuilt from the ground up, just a month after SpaceX acquired the company. Nine of xAI's 11 original co-founders (excluding Musk) have left the company, leaving only two remaining. Musk compared the restructuring to an earlier overhaul at Tesla, indicating heightened ambitions for the rebuilt venture.
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Elon Musk said he is rebuilding xAI from the ground up just a month after SpaceX acquired his AI startup
Nine of xAI's 11 original co-founders, not including Musk, have left the company
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