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Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI

TechCrunch · Anthony Ha · last updated

All but two of Musk’s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.

Earlier this month, it looked like all but two of Elon Musk’s 11 co-founders at his AI startup xAI had departed the company. Now, according to Business Insider, the remaining two co-founders, Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, have left as well.

BI said on Wednesday that Kroiss had told people that he’s leaving xAI, then reported that Nordeen left the company on Friday.

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