A wave of senior departures has hit Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab, with three top executives leaving for OpenAI and additional staff expected to follow. At the same time, Anthropic is attracting alignment and safety researchers from OpenAI, including a senior safety lead who focuses on mental‑health‑related AI responses. The moves underscore intense competition for AI talent, highlighted by OpenAI’s latest hire of a former Shopify engineering director to work on its long‑rumored operating system. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI, has left the company, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Liberatore, who joined xAI in April after a stint at Airbnb, oversaw a $5 billion debt raise and a matching $5 billion equity infusion, half of which came from SpaceX, and managed the expansion of a data center in Memphis. His exit follows a series of high‑profile departures, including general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino after issues with the Grok chatbot, raising questions about leadership stability at the Musk‑owned AI venture. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI, has exited the company after joining in April and departing around the end of July. Liberatore, who helped orchestrate a $5 billion debt raise and an equivalent equity raise—half of which came from SpaceX—and oversaw a data‑center expansion in Memphis, leaves following the recent exits of general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The departures come as xAI continues its rapid growth after acquiring X in late March. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI, has left the company, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Liberatore, who joined xAI in April after a stint at Airbnb, oversaw a $5 billion debt raise and a matching $5 billion equity infusion, half of which came from SpaceX, and managed the expansion of a data center in Memphis. His exit follows a series of high‑profile departures, including general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino after issues with the Grok chatbot, raising questions about leadership stability at the Musk‑owned AI venture. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI, has left the company, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Liberatore, who joined xAI in April after a stint at Airbnb, oversaw a $5 billion debt raise and a matching $5 billion equity infusion, half of which came from SpaceX, and managed the expansion of a data center in Memphis. His exit follows a series of high‑profile departures, including general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino after issues with the Grok chatbot, raising questions about leadership stability at the Musk‑owned AI venture. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI, has exited the company after joining in April and departing around the end of July. Liberatore, who helped orchestrate a $5 billion debt raise and an equivalent equity raise—half of which came from SpaceX—and oversaw a data‑center expansion in Memphis, leaves following the recent exits of general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The departures come as xAI continues its rapid growth after acquiring X in late March. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI, has exited the company after joining in April and departing around the end of July. Liberatore, who helped orchestrate a $5 billion debt raise and an equivalent equity raise—half of which came from SpaceX—and oversaw a data‑center expansion in Memphis, leaves following the recent exits of general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The departures come as xAI continues its rapid growth after acquiring X in late March. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI, has left the company, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Liberatore, who joined xAI in April after a stint at Airbnb, oversaw a $5 billion debt raise and a matching $5 billion equity infusion, half of which came from SpaceX, and managed the expansion of a data center in Memphis. His exit follows a series of high‑profile departures, including general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino after issues with the Grok chatbot, raising questions about leadership stability at the Musk‑owned AI venture. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI, has exited the company after joining in April and departing around the end of July. Liberatore, who helped orchestrate a $5 billion debt raise and an equivalent equity raise—half of which came from SpaceX—and oversaw a data‑center expansion in Memphis, leaves following the recent exits of general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The departures come as xAI continues its rapid growth after acquiring X in late March. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI, has exited the company after joining in April and departing around the end of July. Liberatore, who helped orchestrate a $5 billion debt raise and an equivalent equity raise—half of which came from SpaceX—and oversaw a data‑center expansion in Memphis, leaves following the recent exits of general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The departures come as xAI continues its rapid growth after acquiring X in late March. Read more →

Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI, has left the company, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Liberatore, who joined xAI in April after a stint at Airbnb, oversaw a $5 billion debt raise and a matching $5 billion equity infusion, half of which came from SpaceX, and managed the expansion of a data center in Memphis. His exit follows a series of high‑profile departures, including general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, co‑founder Igor Babuschkin, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino after issues with the Grok chatbot, raising questions about leadership stability at the Musk‑owned AI venture. Read more →

Robert Keele announced his departure as head of legal at Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, saying he wants to spend more time with his two toddlers. Keele highlighted a "daylight between our worldviews" with Musk and praised his time at the company as "incredible" and an "adventure of a lifetime." His exit comes after a year that included a $6 billion Series B funding round and an acquisition of X that valued xAI at $80 billion. The move fits a pattern of recent executive turnover across Musk’s businesses, and Lily Lim will take over the legal helm. Read more →

Robert Keele announced his departure as head of legal at Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, saying he wants to spend more time with his two toddlers. Keele highlighted a "daylight between our worldviews" with Musk and praised his time at the company as "incredible" and an "adventure of a lifetime." His exit comes after a year that included a $6 billion Series B funding round and an acquisition of X that valued xAI at $80 billion. The move fits a pattern of recent executive turnover across Musk’s businesses, and Lily Lim will take over the legal helm. Read more →

Robert Keele announced his departure as head of legal at Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, saying he wants to spend more time with his two toddlers. Keele highlighted a "daylight between our worldviews" with Musk and praised his time at the company as "incredible" and an "adventure of a lifetime." His exit comes after a year that included a $6 billion Series B funding round and an acquisition of X that valued xAI at $80 billion. The move fits a pattern of recent executive turnover across Musk’s businesses, and Lily Lim will take over the legal helm. Read more →