Musk Reopens xAI Hiring as He Rebuilds Grok from the Ground Up

Elon Musk says xAI ‘was not built right’ and is rebuilding Grok from the foundations after the SpaceX merger, with only two of the original 12 founders remaining; he’s revisiting past interviewees and reaching out to promising candidates who were previously declined, signaling a renewed hiring push amid leadership churn and questions about the company’s culture, including reports of a stifling environment and a pushback against Grok’s “flat structure.”