Elon Musk attends the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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CNBC TV1812-02-2026, 10:48

Elon Musk Reshuffles xAI Teams After Co-Founder Exits, Unveils New Structure

  • Elon Musk restructured xAI into four core areas: Grok's chatbot/voice, Coding, Imagine video, and Macrohard, an AI software company.
  • The reorganization follows the departures of co-founders Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, along with other staff members.
  • Aman Madaan leads the chatbot and voice division, Manuel Kroiss heads coding, Guodong Zhang oversees video generation, and Toby Pohlen manages Macrohard.
  • Musk emphasized speed and leadership in AI, stating xAI aims to be a leader in real-time video generation.
  • The company is actively hiring and recently merged with SpaceX, valuing the combined entity at $1.25 trillion.

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