Igor Babuschkin introduced this week that he’s leaving the corporate he helped cofound with Elon Musk to start out his personal firm centered on AI security analysis.Babuschkin posted the information on X, which is owned by xAI, Elon Musk’s synthetic intelligence firm.”Right now was my final day at xAI, the corporate that I helped begin with Elon Musk in 2023,” he wrote. “I nonetheless keep in mind the day I first met Elon. We talked for hours about AI and what the long run may maintain.”
Associated: ‘My Startup Roots Have Begun Tugging on Me’: A Huge Tech CEO Simply Give up to Be an Entrepreneur AgainIgor Babuschkin, co-founder of xAI, throughout the Nvidia GPU Know-how Convention (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg | Getty Photos
Babuschkin wrote that “by blood, sweat, and tears,” they “shipped frontier fashions quicker than any firm in historical past,” and throughout the course of, he earned two “priceless” classes from Musk.1. Be fearless”Be fearless in rolling up your sleeves to personally dig into technical issues,” he wrote. Babuschkin famous that Musk personally labored with the staff, flying to a knowledge middle and staying all night time till the problems have been mounted.2. Have a “maniacal” sense of urgency
“xAI executes at ludicrous pace,” he wrote. “Business veterans advised us that constructing the Memphis supercluster in 120 days could be unattainable. However we believed we might do the unattainable.”Right now was my final day at xAI, the corporate that I helped begin with Elon Musk in 2023. I nonetheless keep in mind the day I first met Elon, we talked for hours about AI and what the long run may maintain. We each felt {that a} new AI firm with a unique sort of mission was wanted.Constructing…— Igor Babuschkin (@ibab) August 13, 2025Musk replied to his submit, providing thanks: “Thanks for serving to construct xAI! We would not be right here with out you.”Associated: Elon Musk’s xAI Is Hiring Engineers for Its Anime ‘AI Companions’ — With Salaries As much as $440,000 a 12 months
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Igor Babuschkin introduced this week that he’s leaving the corporate he helped cofound with Elon Musk to start out his personal firm centered on AI security analysis.Babuschkin posted the information on X, which is owned by xAI, Elon Musk’s synthetic intelligence firm.”Right now was my final day at xAI, the corporate that I helped begin with Elon Musk in 2023,” he wrote. “I nonetheless keep in mind the day I first met Elon. We talked for hours about AI and what the long run may maintain.”
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