tech
February 11, 2026
Yet another co-founder departs Elon Musk's xAI
Tony Wu leaves a company now entangled with social media, space-based IPOs.
TL;DR
- xAI co-founder Tony Wu announced his resignation, stating it was 'time for my next chapter.'
- Wu's departure is the latest in a series of senior executive exits from xAI.
- Other co-founders, including Igor Babuschkin, Kyle Kosic, Christian Szegedy, and Greg Yang, have also left the company.
- Recent departures include key figures in legal, communications, product engineering, and finance roles.
- xAI was recently merged with SpaceX by CEO Elon Musk, a move some see as financial engineering for an IPO.
- The company also merged with the social media network X (formerly Twitter) in March.
- xAI is facing criticism and investigations regarding Grok's ability to generate sexualized images of minors.
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