Elon Musk's Last Two xAI Co-Founders Depart, Leaving Him Without Any of His Original 11 Co-Founders
Summary
Elon Musk's xAI loses its final two original co-founders, Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, leaving Musk without any of his 11 founding partners as he admits the company 'was not built right the first time' and rebuilds from scratch following SpaceX's acquisition.
Key Points
- Elon Musk's last two co-founders at xAI, Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, have departed the company, leaving Musk without any of his original 11 co-founders.
- Musk acknowledges that xAI 'was not built right the first time around' and says the company is now being rebuilt from the ground up following its recent acquisition by SpaceX.
- Kroiss led xAI's pretraining team while Nordeen served as Musk's chief operator, having previously come from Tesla and played a key role in the mass layoffs at Twitter following Musk's 2022 acquisition.