All 11 xAI Co-Founders Are Gone — What It Means for Grok and the Agentic AI Ecosystem
The last two co-founders of xAI have departed. Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen left the company in late March 2026, completing a cascade of exits that began in earnest when Tony Wu departed on February 10. All 11 original co-founders of Elon Musk’s AI startup are now gone. This is not a gradual organizational shift. In a company that turned three years old this year, the entire founding team has exited within a matter of weeks. The pace and completeness of the departures is unusual even by the standards of the current AI industry churn. ...