Inside the xAI exodus: Meet the dozens of people who have left Elon Musk’s AI company

# xAI Is Losing Staff as Elon Musk Reshapes the Company Elon Musk's AI startup xAI has lost about 80 employees in the past year, including all of its cofounders except Musk himself, as the company undergoes major restructuring and faces criticism of its chatbot product called Grok. The departures are particularly notable because they include key leadership positions that were meant to help run the company under a new organizational plan announced just last February. While staff turnover is normal at any company, this level of exodus suggests potential instability at a firm that's supposed to compete directly with major AI players like OpenAI and Google.