Musk Holds All-Hands After xAI Cofounder Exits

Elon Musk held an all-hands meeting with xAI staffers on Tuesday, addressing the recent departures of two cofounders, Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba, and thanking exiting employees for their contributions. He outlined a restructuring and discussed plans to leverage SpaceX's acquisition to deploy space-based data centers—potentially staffed by Tesla's Optimus robots—while the combined company prepares for a possible IPO in 2026.