xAI was founded in 2023, and it’s already transforming radically. Now a key part of a bizarre conglomerate that could soon be one of the world’s biggest publicly traded companies, it feels like xAI in particular is becoming the distillation of Elon Musk’s mindset in company form. It’s perhaps not unrelated that its non-Musk creators have now all left the picture. Other than Elon Musk, none of the 12 original co-founders of xAI still work for the company as of this week, according to Business Insider. The departure of Ross Nordeen, a former Tesla manager in the “autopilot” (driver assistance)...