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xAI
Builds the Grok models; states its goal as understanding the true nature of the universe.
| Type | Frontier labs |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 |
| Founders | Elon Musk |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, US |
| Website | x.ai |
xAI hiring
xAI lists 308 open roles on its Greenhouse job board today, and 11 of them are research, model, training or inference roles. Top locations: Memphis, TN (171), Southaven, MS (137), Palo Alto, CA (74), New York, NY (27), Remote International (22).
- Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Palo Alto, CA
- Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems Palo Alto, CA
- ML Infrastructure Engineer Palo Alto, CA
- Model Engineer, Mid-training Palo Alto, CA
- Model Engineer, Post-Training & RL Palo Alto, CA
- Model Engineer, RL Inference Palo Alto, CA
- Model Engineer, RL Training Framework Palo Alto, CA
- Network Engineer, High-Speed Interconnects (ML Infrastructure) Palo Alto, CA
- Software Engineer, Imagine Model Palo Alto, CA
- Software Engineer, Training/Inference (C++) Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA
- Software Engineer, Voice Model Palo Alto, CA
Source: xAI careers (Greenhouse), read 2 Nov 2026. All research roles at tracked labs.
xAI funding filings
We found no Form D filed by xAI itself under this name. Many labs raise through foreign entities or file under a different legal name.
Investment vehicles named after xAI
69 special-purpose vehicles carrying the xAI name have filed a Form D, 24 of them in the last 12 months. SPVs pool money from smaller investors to buy into one company, often on the secondary market, so a rising count is a sign of investor demand.
- OPX2025 xAI, a Series of Opulentia Ventures X LLC26 Jun 2026
- NB Ventures XAI II, LP25 Jun 2026
- xAI Fund a Series of CGF2021 LLC7 May 2026
- MY PE Access Fund LLC - xAI Series E22 Apr 2026
- XAI-3, a series of ALEXTAR VC, LLC6 Apr 2026
- HII xAI-01, a Series of HII xAI LLC23 Mar 2026
- HII xAI-01, a Series of HII xAI LLC12 Mar 2026
- HII xAI-03, a Series of HII xAI LLC10 Mar 2026
Source: SEC EDGAR full-text search for "xAI", Form D. Name matches can include unrelated filers; tell us if one is wrong.
xAI research
101 papers in OpenAlex list an author affiliated with xAI (United States) in the last 12 months. The most cited:
- Meta-designing quantum experiments with language models19 Feb 2026 · 3 citations
- First Detection of the 142857 Periodic Mode and Constant Dark-Energy Equation of State in JWST JADES DR4 High-Redshift Galaxies21 Nov 2025 · 2 citations
- QFunity: Quantum Fractal Unity – A Scale-Dependent Unified Theory of Everything (Version 1.3)25 May 2026 · 1 citations
- MAGIC: Magnetic Advanced Grok Infinbidulator Combobulator23 Feb 2026 · 1 citations
- Deeper Association Examination Routine (DAER): A Grammatically-Inspired Coherence Gate for Real-Time Path Selection in Harmonic Spiral Networks18 Dec 2025 · 1 citations
Source: OpenAlex (CC0), institution xAI (United States), read 2 Nov 2026.
xAI models
Latest releases
- xai-org/grok-222 Aug 2025
- xai-org/grok-117 Mar 2024
Most downloaded
- xai-org/grok-27,205 downloads (30 days)
- xai-org/grok-12,713 downloads (30 days)
Source: Hugging Face Hub, organisation xai-org, read 2 Nov 2026.
xAI: quick answers
Is xAI hiring?
Yes. xAI had 308 open roles on its job board on 2 Nov 2026, including 11 research and model roles.
Who founded xAI?
xAI was founded in 2023 by Elon Musk.
People at xAI
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