Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Musk Unveils xAI Overhaul, Lunar AI Ambitions
In a rare public all-hands release, the billionaire outlined layoffs, a four-team restructure, surging generative metrics and plans for moon-based AI satellites.
In a rare public all-hands release, the billionaire outlined layoffs, a four-team restructure, surging generative metrics and plans for moon-based AI satellites.
The rapid departures come as the Musk-led startup navigates regulatory scrutiny, corporate restructuring and aggressive expansion plans.
The consolidation brings rockets, satellites and AI under one roof as Musk pitches orbital data centres and solar power as the next frontier for large-scale AI computing.
The company moves after reports of nonconsensual sexual imagery trigger regulatory scrutiny in the US and abroad.
Elon Musk’s AI venture lifted the raise beyond its original target to expand computing infrastructure and accelerate Grok development as competition for AI compute intensifies.