Igor Babuschkin

Elon Musk Loses Half of xAI’s Founding Team—Where They’ve Gone Next

February 12, 2026

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s xAI has lost half of its 12-person founding team. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Just days after Elon Musk merged his A.I. startup, xAI, with SpaceX in...

Elon Musk’s xAI Is Redefining Data Annotation—an Unglamorous But Vital Job in A.I.

September 15, 2025

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s A.I. firm is scaling back on “generalist A.I. tutors.” Allison Robbert/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Data annotation may not be the most glamorous job in Silicon Valley, but...

Elon Musk’s xAI Faces High Exec Turnover as CFO and Key Leaders Step Down

September 4, 2025

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s A.I. firm is best known for its Grok chatbot. Photo by Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s xAI, has...

Elon Musk’s xAI Loses Co-Founder Igor Babuschkin

August 14, 2025

[ad_1] Elon Musk launched xAI in 2023 with a 12-person team. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI is losing one of its founding members. Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of the...

Behind xAI Grok 3, Elon Musk’s ‘Maximally Truth-Seeking A.I.”

February 20, 2025

[ad_1] Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images On Feb. 18, Elon Musk’s xAI unveiled Grok 3, marking the startup’s foray into the advanced A.I. reasoning race dominated...