Mike Liberatore, chief financial officer of xAI, has left the Elon Musk-owned AI company, according to The Wall Street Journal. The former Airbnb executive joined in April and departed by late July, after helping orchestrate a $5B debt raise and $5B equity funding, nearly half from SpaceX, and overseeing parts of xAI’s data center expansion in Memphis.
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His exit follows a wave of recent leadership departures, including general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, and co-founder Igor Babuschkin, who left to start a VC firm focused on AI safety. Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino also resigned in July after issues with Grok, xAI’s chatbot.
