Elon Musk
Overview
Founder and CEO of xai-org. Founded xAI in March 2023. Was a founding member of OpenAI (invested up to $45M in 2015), left in 2018.Role at xAI: Founder, CEO, primary decision-maker Key decision: Personally chose Memphis for colossus-supercomputer location in ~1 week (March 2024), considering 7-8 other sites
xAI Related Timeline
- March 2023: Incorporated xAI
- July 2023: xAI publicly announced
- March 2025: xAI acquires X in all-stock deal (xAI $80B, X $33B)
- February 2026: SpaceX acquires xAI (combined valuation $1.25T)
- Announced "great AI-generated game" before end of next year (world models team hired)
- Stated Grok 5 will have 6T-10T parameters