Unrest is growing at the artificial intelligence company XAI. Two of the company's co-founders have resigned. Tony Wu and Jimmy Bae both announced their decision on social media. They founded XAI with Elon Musk about three years ago.
Several founding members have left the company before. So far, half of the 12 co-founders are known to have stepped down.
The Financial Times reported that there was pressure inside the company surrounding Jimmy Bae's resignation. The report said that there was tension in the technology team. Because there was pressure to quickly increase the capabilities of AI models.
Elon Musk wants XAI to quickly catch up with competitors. OpenAI and Anthropic are now leading in this field. There was a growing pressure to close that gap. However, Jimmy Bae did not say anything directly about this. In the message, he only thanked his colleagues. He also expressed gratitude to Elon Musk.
Tony Wu also did not disclose the reason for his resignation. He did not say anything about his future plans.
This change came shortly after another big announcement. A few days ago, Musk's space company SpaceX announced that it would acquire XAI. The combined value of the two companies is estimated at about 1.25 trillion dollars.
There are plans for the new combined company to go public. The goal is to issue initial shares within this year. This initiative is related to Musk's big dream.
He also talked about building a data center in space. The main goal is to raise money for that ambitious project.
However, one after another departure at the leadership level raises questions. Is XAI able to build a stable team? Or is it cracking under the pressure of moving quickly?
