xAI lays off ~60 Grok Imagine staff, pivots toward AI coding tools
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-14
According to The Information, Elon Musk's SpaceX AI group has laid off roughly 60 employees working on Grok Imagine, leaving only a handful to maintain the video-generation product. The cuts signal a strategic shift toward AI coding tools and agents as Chinese companies pull ahead in video generation.
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