# All xAI co-founders depart, leaving Musk sole founder

- slug: all-xai-co-founders-depart-leaving-musk-sole-founder
- date: 2026-04-07
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Every person Elon Musk recruited to co-found xAI has now left — at the moment he is preparing to sell a $1.25 trillion combined entity to public markets via a SpaceX IPO. His answer: hire two engineers from a $2.9B startup and personally review candidates he once rejected.

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