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MISTRAL AI FOUNDER EXITS XAI AFTER ONE MONTH

Devendra Chaplot, a founding member of Mistral AI and machine learning collective TML, has left xAI roughly a month after joining the company in March. Chaplot was considered a significant hire for Elon Musk's AI venture.

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Source: Mistral AI and TML's founding member Devendra Chaplot, who was considered a marquee hire when he joined xAI in March, exited xAI after roughly a month (The Information)

The Information: Source: Mistral AI and TML's founding member Devendra Chaplot, who was considered a marquee hire when h…

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Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site (Molly Taft/Wired)

Molly Taft / Wired: Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a…

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Sources: Apollo Global, Morgan Stanley, and others are testing Grok internally as part of xAI's finance sector push, but financiers are rarely using it for work (Carmen Arroyo/Bloomberg)

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Sources: 50+ researchers and engineers have left xAI since the SpaceX acquisition via layoffs, firings, and voluntary departures; many have joined Meta and TML (Theo Wayt/The Information)

Theo Wayt / The Information: Sources: 50+ researchers and engineers have left xAI since the SpaceX acquisition via layof…

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Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with General Catalyst possibly leading (Forbes)

Forbes: Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research…

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