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Key points

• •Two xAI co-founders, Yuhuai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba, have left the company.
• •Six of the company's 12-person founding team have now departed, with most departures occurring in the last year.
• •Reasons for the departures range from personal ambitions to pressure from Elon Musk and issues with the Grok chatbot.
• •These departures could negatively impact xAI's future, especially with an IPO on the horizon.