xAI and SpaceX Merge, Co-Founders Merge Out of the Company
KEY POINTS
- •Last week, Elon Musk combined xAI, SpaceX, and X into a $1.25 trillion mega company.
- •Shortly after, xAI co-founders Yuhai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba announced their departures on social platform X.
- •Both cited personal growth reasons and hinted at new ventures, signaling a quick shift post-merger.
In a bold $1.25 trillion flex, Elon Musk smashed together xAI, SpaceX, and social platform X, crafting a mega-merger researchers will ponder faster than rocket launches. Not even a week in, co-founders Yuhai (Tony) Wu and Jimmy Ba gracefully used the corporate equivalent of a mic drop, announcing their exits on X with zen-like phrases about 'next chapters' and 'recalibrating gradients.' Somewhere between galactic visions and social media handles, these two vanished faster than reusable rockets on fuel. And apparently, rocket science is easier to keep employed at than building human-centric AI innovation within trillion-dollar conglomerates.
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(1 of 3)Nothing says synergy like combining companies into a trillion-dollar powerhouse, then immediately deploying your co-founders as escape pods into startup space. We're all just passengers on this genius missile.
A $1.25 trillion merger and two co-founders jump ship faster than a Falcon Heavy launch. AI must be the real rocket science here.
Throw $1.25 trillion at an AI-SpaceX-X lovechild and watch the brain trust walk out faster than Elon tweets at 3 AM.
Source: Theverge | Published: 2/11/2026 | Author: Hayden Field
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