xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence lab, has seen a wave of departures following its merger with SpaceX and X, the social media platform, a move that created a company valued at a staggering $1.25 trillion, according to The Verge. The news comes as xAI released a 45-minute all-hands meeting video, revealing details about its product roadmap and ties to X, as reported by TechCrunch. The video also disclosed that some employees were laid off due to a changing organizational structure.
The merger, announced last week, has led to the exit of several xAI employees, including two co-founders, according to The Verge. The company, formed just 30 months ago, has made significant progress, as highlighted in the all-hands meeting video. xAI's future plans involve four divisions: Grok, Coding, Imagine, and Macrohard, according to The Verge.
Meanwhile, OpenAI, another prominent player in the AI landscape, disbanded its mission alignment team, which was responsible for communicating the company's mission to the public and its employees, as reported by TechCrunch. The team's former leader has been appointed as the company's chief futurist. An OpenAI spokesperson described the team's purpose as a "support function to help employees and the public understand our mission and the impact of AI," according to TechCrunch.
In other AI-related news, Modal Labs, an AI inference infrastructure startup, is reportedly in talks to raise a new funding round at a $2.5 billion valuation, according to four sources with knowledge of the deal, as reported by TechCrunch. This would more than double the company's valuation of $1.1 billion announced less than five months ago. However, Modal Labs co-founder and CEO Erik Bernhardsson denied that his company was actively fundraising, characterizing his recent interactions with VCs as general conversations, according to TechCrunch.
Additionally, the enterprise AI landscape is evolving, with companies like Glean aiming to become the AI layer that powers work across organizations, according to TechCrunch. Glean, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into an AI work assistant, connecting to internal systems and delivering intelligence. The startup raised $150 million last year at a $7.2 billion valuation, as reported by TechCrunch.
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