Mike Liberatore, xAI’s chief financial officer, has left the company[1], according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. This marks the latest in a string of high-profile executive departures.
The former Airbnb executive joined the company in April and left around the end of July, per the WSJ.
While at xAI, he helped orchestrate the company’s $5 billion debt raise, alongside another $5 billion in equity — almost half of which came from SpaceX. He also oversaw some of the Elon Musk-owned AI firm’s data center expansion in Memphis.
Liberatore’s departure comes after xAI’s general counsel, Robert Keele, left in August — a little over a year on the job. Raghu Rao, a senior lawyer, left around the same time as Keele and Liberatore, per the WSJ. Igor Babuschkin, an xAI co-founder, announced his departure last month[2], saying he left the company to launch his own VC firm dedicated to AI safety research.
Linda Yaccarino, former CEO of X, also resigned in July[3] following concerning behavior from Grok, xAI’s chatbot that can be accessed through X. xAI acquired X[4] in late March.
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- ^ has left the company (www.wsj.com)
- ^ announced his departure last month (techcrunch.com)
- ^ resigned in July (techcrunch.com)
- ^ xAI acquired X (techcrunch.com)