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

TL;DR
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.”
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