Burnout and Elon Musk’s politics spark exodus from senior xAI, Tesla staff
by Stephen Morris and Hannah Murphy, Financial Times from Ars Technica - All content on (#70DSK)
Elon Musk's business empire has been hit by a wave of senior departures over the past year, as the billionaire's relentless demands and political activism accelerate turnover among his top ranks.
Key members of Tesla's US sales team, battery and power-train operations, public affairs arm, and its chief information officer have all recently departed, as well as core members of the Optimus robot and AI teams on which Musk has bet the future of the company.
Churn has been even more rapid at xAI, Musk's two-year-old artificial intelligence start-up, which he merged with his social network X in March. Its chief financial officer and general counsel recently departed after short stints, within a week of each other.