Elon Musk holds xAI all-hands meeting after a wave of staff departures
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- Elon Musk held an all-hands meeting with xAI staffers on Tuesday night.
- The meeting came shortly after the departures of two xAI cofounders.
- Musk touched on staff exits, a restructuring, and data centers in space.
XAI brought staffers together for an all-hands on Tuesday night, shortly after the company lost its second cofounder in less than 48 hours.
Musk did not directly address the departures of company cofounders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba, but thanked those who had left for their contributions to the company.
Musk said that the company would continue to carry on despite the recent exits, and said that the staff who had left were not necessary for the future of xAI.
The xAI CEO also discussed a restructuring, though it's unclear what it could look like. Wu and Ba both left the company shortly after their responsibilities were changed, Business Insider previously reported.
The all-hands meeting also addressed Musk's plans for data centers in space. Musk has said SpaceX's recent acquisition of xAI will allow the company to more quickly deploy cosmic data centers, and previously discussed having Tesla's Optimus robot man the facilities.
The New York Times was the first to report on the meeting.
Over the last few days, several other staffers posted that they had left the company.
I left xAI today. It was truly rewarding to contribute to grok imagine video series: 0.9 as our first release, then 1.0 that recently topped across competitive leaderboards and user feedback. I see a mix of humble craftsmanship and ambitious vision throughout the team. They…
— Hang Gao (@hangg70) February 11, 2026
A spokesperson for xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
XAI had previously scheduled an all-hands meeting for last week, after it was announced that SpaceX had acquired xAI. That meeting was canceled at the last minute, people with knowledge of the event said.
In a Q&A sent to staff about the acquisition, the company said the two companies would mostly stay separate in their work and branding, at least for the time being, Business Insider previously reported. The combined company continues to prepare for a "possible IPO in 2026," according to the memo.
"Whether it actually happens, when it happens, and at what valuation are still highly uncertain," it said.
SpaceX, which Musk founded in 2002, has reportedly been gearing up for an initial public offering that could value it at $1.5 trillion.
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