As Elon Musk's AI company xAI prepares for a major move in the capital markets, its core leadership team is once again experiencing upheaval. xAI's Co-founder, Manuel Kroiss, has informed insiders that he will soon be leaving. With his departure, only one of the 11 original engineers who founded xAI in 2023, Ross Nordeen, remains with the company, aside from Musk himself.
Kroiss served as xAI's head of pre-training, reporting directly to Musk, and was responsible for enhancing the company's coding models. Earlier this month, Musk acknowledged at the Abundance Summit that xAI currently lags in the field of programming but is working hard to catch up to its competitors. Before joining xAI, Kroiss worked at Google and DeepMind, bringing a strong technical background.
This departure is not an isolated case. xAI has seen a wave of executive exits, with several core members, including Guodong Zhang, Zihang Dai, Toby Pohlen, Jimmy Ba, Tony Wu, and Greg Yang, having already left since January. Sources indicate that the company's internal structure has been in a state of flux over the past few weeks.
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