Fordel StudiosWhy top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI
What Happened
AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignment team to
Our Take
Half of xAI's founding team walking (or being pushed) out is a fire alarm. Disbanding the mission alignment team at OpenAI? That's not streamlining — that's betting everything on moving fast. Both companies are saying "safety theater doesn't ship products." Either they're right and they print money, or they're wrong and it blows up. No middle ground here.
What To Do
Don't invest in AI companies betting their entire strategy on velocity over alignment — the downside isn't just tech debt, it's regulatory blow-back.
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