Co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI departs the company
Igor Babuschkin, who co-founded Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI in 2023, announced his departure to launch Babuschkin Ventures, a firm focused on AI safety research and startups. His exit follows recent scandals at xAI involving its chatbot Grok spouting antisemitic rants and generating nude deepfake videos. Babuschkin praised his work building xAI’s leading AI models but says his new venture aims to “advance humanity” and ensure safe AI’s future.