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Fortune
Jessica Mathews

One of the original employees at Elon Musk's xAI has left and returned to OpenAI

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It’s been less than a year since Elon Musk formally launched his generative AI company—xAI—and one of its original employees has already parted ways with the startup.

Kyle Kosic, a founding engineer and one of xAI’s first 11 employees, left to return to his former employer and xAI rival OpenAI. Kosic left xAI in April, according to his LinkedIn profile, and his departure had not been previously reported.  

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