xAI reportedly lays off ~60 from Grok Imagine team months after Musk vowed to double down
mark_k · x · 2026-11-13
According to The Information, xAI has laid off around 60 employees from its image and video generation team, leaving a skeleton crew to maintain Grok Imagine. The reversal is striking given Elon Musk said just months ago the company was "doubling down" on Imagine — focus now appears shifted toward coding and autonomous agents like Grok Bot, raising questions about the product's future.
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