Elon Musk’s xAI Loses CFO Amid Multiple Executive Exits

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm xAI has experienced a series of high-profile executive departures, highlighting internal instability amid rapid growth. Most notably, CFO Mike Liberatore, who joined in April 2025 and played a key role in securing $10 billion in combined debt and equity funding and overseeing data center expansions in Memphis, left the company in July after just a few months. Liberatore's exit follows the departures of other top executives, including general counsel Robert Keele and senior lawyer Raghu Rao, who both left in August. Additionally, Linda Yaccarino resigned as CEO of X, a subsidiary of xAI, in July following controversial behavior from the company's Grok chatbot, although her departure was reportedly unrelated to that incident. Co-founder Igor Babuschkin also recently left to start a venture capital firm focused on AI safety research. These exits collectively suggest significant leadership turnover as xAI continues to navigate its ambitious AI development and expansion plans.