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February 15, 2026
Musk Restructures xAI Into Four Teams Post-SpaceX Mega-Merger
Published: February 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Updated: February 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM
100-word summary
Following SpaceX's acquisition of xAI—forming a $1.25 trillion entity—Musk has reorganized the AI company into four core teams: Grok (chatbot/voice led by Aman Madaan), Coding (Manuel Kroiss), Imagine multimedia (Guodong Zhang), and Macrohard for process automation (Toby Pohlen). The shake-up saw co-founders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba resign, leaving six of twelve original co-founders. The restructuring aims to accelerate execution velocity as xAI scales toward a planned late-2026 IPO. This streamlined structure could position xAI to compete more aggressively across chatbots, coding tools, and enterprise AI—especially with SpaceX's resources backing its ambitions.
What happened
Following SpaceX's acquisition of xAI—forming a $1.25 trillion entity—Musk has reorganized the AI company into four core teams: Grok (chatbot/voice led by Aman Madaan), Coding (Manuel Kroiss), Imagine multimedia (Guodong Zhang), and Macrohard for process automation (Toby Pohlen). The shake-up saw co-founders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba resign, leaving six of twelve original co-founders. The restructuring aims to accelerate execution velocity as xAI scales toward a planned late-2026 IPO.
Why it matters
This streamlined structure could position xAI to compete more aggressively across chatbots, coding tools, and enterprise AI—especially with SpaceX's resources backing its ambitions.