SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that the company’s xAI artificial intelligence enterprise has implemented a reorganization and “needs to part ways with some people.”

Musk said in a statement that the changes were to “increase the speed of execution.” postal He did not say which employees might be laid off as a result of the restructuring or who might voluntarily resign.

“We are hiring aggressively,” Musk added.

Earlier this week, xAI co-founder jimmy bar and Tony Wu After several other founding members announced their exit, including Igor BabushkinKyle Kosic , Christian Szekedi and Greg Youngleft previously.

last weekMusk announced a record-breaking all-stock deal in which aerospace and defense giant SpaceX acquired xAI, which owns and operates social network X and is the developer of troubled artificial intelligence chatbot and image generator Grok.

It is understood that the transaction values ​​SpaceX at US$1 trillion and xAI at US$250 billion. Documents viewed Reported by CNBC. Previously, Musk used xAI to acquire X (formerly Twitter) in another all-stock deal announced in 2019. March 2025.

The co-founder departures and restructuring this week come as SpaceX prepares to reorganize. public Sometime this year, when xAI faces regulatory probe Located in multiple jurisdictions across Europe, Asia and the United States

Investigation is looking into whether xAI violated regional regulations Enable Grok The mass creation and aggregation of non-consensual explicit images, colloquially known as deepfake porn. The images are based on photos of real people, including children.

Musk and 11 others launch xAI in 2023 to try to compete with rivals open artificial intelligence and Google. The company’s stated goal was to “understand the true nature of the universe,” according to its website at the time.

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