Devendra Chaplot Joins SpaceX and xAI

Devendra Singh Chaplot, an IIT Bombay graduate and Carnegie Mellon PhD, announced on X that he is joining SpaceX and Elon Musk's xAI to work directly on building superintelligence. Chaplot, formerly a research scientist at Mistral AI and FAIR with award-winning robotics and navigation research (CVPR, NeurIPS), called the move a chance to combine physical and digital intelligence. The hire signals renewed talent focus at xAI and SpaceX.
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Notable industry hire and strategic shift toward integrated physical-digital AI, limited depth beyond announcement coverage.
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