‘Shut up and do what Elon wants’: Former xAI workers reveal why they really left

xAI faces leadership turmoil and internal strife, with co-founders departing amid concerns over its ‘catch-up’ strategy and lack of safety focus. Former employees reveal a workplace strained by disagreements on pace and direction, while Elon Musk’s controversial management style and public feuds with rivals like OpenAI cast a shadow over the company’s future ambitions. Elon Musk’s xAI has been seeing rapid shifts in leadership, management and operations ever since its merger with SpaceX. The firm known for its chatbot Grok, had two of its cofounders announcing their departure, meaning that half of the startup’s original 12 cofounders have now jumped…