xAI lays off 500 employees — September 12, 2025
xAI, a ai company based in United States, laid off 500 employees on September 12, 2025. The layoff was reported by this source.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-layoffs-data-annotators-2025-9
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