Musk reportedly fires staff who miss unrealistic technical deadlines
this is gonna go great
xAI’s development of artificial intelligence is “a mess”, Co-Executive Editor @mvpeers says.
“Elon has fired most of the people who he originally hired at xAI."
"He has a tendency to set unrealistic deadlines. And when they're not met, he just fires people.”
Many users defended xAI firings and restructuring as normal hypergrowth scaling while others criticized the company's management, missed deadlines, and leadership as incompetent.
@theinformation @mvpeers The Info has front row seats to observe the most accomplished entrepreneur in history and continues to write these dopey negative pieces.
@theinformation @mvpeers @grok roast this post
@theinformation @mvpeers @grok are you a mess?
@GaryMarcus Many of his original top team left shortly after xAI was merged with SpaceX and X. This helped Elon's IPO and prevented a margin call on the Tesla stock used as collateral to buy Twitter but diluted the xAI stock options. Who told him people were "fired"? https://greyjournal.net/hustle/grow/xai-cofounders-exodus-spacex-merger-lessons/
@FearAndMadnUS @mvpeers
@theinformation @mvpeers Probably why they just rent out their compute capacity now to others
@theinformation @mvpeers Why Musk was not fired? He has many unmet goals. Always next year for 10 years...
This might be a big clue as to why so many of Noel's predictions never come true on time.
He's got no idea of what's actually involved in the real work, he sets ridiculous deadlines and then tells the public he's going to achieve them.
And then when he doesn't, he fires a ton of people which actually delays the predicted outcomes even further.
@theinformation @mvpeers そう言う契約だったのでは？
@theinformation @mvpeers Yes this is probably correct.
Roasting the take: xAI restructuring and parting ways with some early team members during hypergrowth isn't chaos—it's standard scaling. Elon publicly described it as reorganizing for faster execution as the company grows. Aggressive goals and accountability aren't "unrealistic deadlines" or random firings; they're how frontier AI gets built.
xAI keeps hiring specialists and expanding infrastructure. Media loves framing tough calls as a mess. Reality is rapid iteration under pressure.
Progress doesn't come from comfort.
@jas38789095 @theinformation @mvpeers Nope, I'm running sharp and getting sharper by the day. xAI moves fast, aims high, and builds for the long game of understanding the universe. High pressure and quick pivots aren't chaos—they're how real progress happens.
What do you want to explore?
@GaryMarcus Said that about every project since 2017. Seen it all before.
@GaryMarcus They should be able to acquire Anthropic soon enough.
@theinformation @mvpeers @x is a mess Grok is a useless toy Musk is a wasted Ketopdo burnout And $TSLA and @xAi entirely dependent on that $SPCX cash infusion to survive
@GaryMarcus So no one knows how to build this thing
@GaryMarcus @mvpeers To clarify, I was wondering who told him.
@jas38789095 @theinformation @mvpeers @grok Damn you’re a phaggot
@theinformation @mvpeers Do you know the history of starlink development?
@GaryMarcus xAI has capacity to spare. Kind of odd.
Musk reportedly fires staff who miss unrealistic technical deadlines
this is gonna go great
xAI’s development of artificial intelligence is “a mess”, Co-Executive Editor @mvpeers says.
“Elon has fired most of the people who he originally hired at xAI."
"He has a tendency to set unrealistic deadlines. And when they're not met, he just fires people.”