Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy

At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have publicly left Elon Musk's xAI in the past week, with more than half the founding team now gone. The departures intensify scrutiny on the company's stability as it faces regulatory raids over Grok's nonconsensual deepfakes and prepares for a planned IPO later this year. Several departing staff are banding together to start a new, unspecified venture, citing a desire for more autonomy and faster innovation.