And then there were none: Musk's last xAI cofounder is out

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Elon Musk has said xAI is being "rebuilt from the foundations up."

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A 10th cofounder is leaving xAI. Elon Musk has just one more left.

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  • Another xAI cofounder, Manuel Kroiss, has told people he is leaving Elon Musk's company.
  • Just one cofounder out of 11 remains besides Musk.
  • The company has been in flux ahead of a widely anticipated IPO at SpaceX, which recently acquired xAI.

And then there was one.

Spotted in the wild: Our first look at the X Money debit card Musk is rolling out

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Elon Musk is launching a financial service. We just got our first look at its card, partially thanks to William Shatner.

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Lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI alleges Grok created sexualized deepfakes of 3 minors

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An EU privacy watchdog is investigating X.

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The xAI exodus: Two more cofounders leave — and Musk says he's rebuilding

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Most of Elon Musk's xAI cofounders have left the company.

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XAI's Macrohard project stalls as Tesla ramps up a similar AI agent effort

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Tech leaders pledge to power their own data centers during meeting with Trump

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Executives from eight tech companies joined Trump at the White House on Wednesday.

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xAI founding member describes 'grind' to get first Grok model out: 'No drugs, not even caffeine, just pure adrenaline'

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XAI founding member Toby Pohlen wrote that the company taught him to "grind with purpose."

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Here are the key xAI figures who have departed in the recent exodus

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Elon Musk is merging xAI with SpaceX, his rocket company.

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A former OpenAI and xAI staffer says he burned out in AI labs, so he's quitting and going back to Vietnam

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"I cannot believe I would say this one day, but I am burnt out," said a former OpenAI and xAI staffer who's returning to his home country of Vietnam.

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