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xAI

HQ Palo Alto, USFounded 2023late stageWebsite @xai
Composite score
40.4
rank #37 · risers

#37 Riser. 5.6k people and hiring.

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Headcount
5.6k
-0.3%
90d change
+1.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
12 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$990k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
43.1%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
1.0 yrs
Time since last raise
8 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · xAI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
916
+63%
Education
564
-9%
Operations
114
+58%
Finance
113
+293%
Analyst
56
-2%
Human Resources
56
+37%
Legal
44
+63%
Creative
35
+12%
Other
192

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. TechCrunch3d ago
    Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model

    xAI included in Guidelight's study of AI containment plans; minor subject among five labs assessed.

  2. TechCrunch5d ago
    Grok keeps sending gibberish responses to users

    Article focuses on a technical glitch affecting xAI's Grok chatbot causing gibberish responses to users.

  3. DecryptHeadline7d ago
    Minnesota Says xAI's Grok Created 'Marketplace for Digital Sexual Violence'

    Article is entirely about Minnesota's legal challenge to xAI's Grok Imagine for generating non-consensual sexual images.

  4. TechCrunch9d ago
    Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

    Article is primarily about xAI's Grok chatbot being allegedly misused to create child sexual abuse material.

  5. TechCrunch14d ago
    General Catalyst leads $1.1B round into 2-month-old River AI

    xAI referenced as employer of River AI founder Igor Babuschkin; provides context but not central to funding announcement.

  6. TechCrunch18d ago
    SpaceX’s Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels

    xAI mentioned as SpaceX subsidiary running data centers on natural gas; not the primary focus of the article.

  7. The Verge19d ago
    Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months

    Article focuses on xAI's Grokipedia project stalling since April with no updates, casting doubt on Musk's AI Wikipedia ambitions.

  8. The Verge20d ago
    SpaceX is barely Space and mostly X

    xAI is discussed as Musk's underperforming AI company acquired by SpaceX; Grok mentioned as a secondary use case for data center capacity.

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Events

Funding · series e · $20B
8mo ago
Funding · secondary market · $300K
9mo ago
Layoff · 6.67% (144 roles)
Departures in 2025-11: 199 vs 6-mo baseline of 54.5 (3.65× spike). Derived from PDL.
10mo ago
Funding · series unknown · $96M
11mo ago
Layoff · 6.77% (142 roles)
Departures in 2025-09: 181 vs 6-mo baseline of 38.5 (4.7× spike). Derived from PDL.
1y ago
Funding · series unknown · $5.3B
1y ago
Funding · debt financing · $5.0B
1y ago
Funding · series unknown · $56M
1y ago
Funding · series unknown · $28M
1y ago
Funding · series c · $6.0B
2y ago
Funding · series b · $6.0B
2y ago
Funding · series unknown · $3M
2y ago

Score history

2026-08-24
40.4
rank #37
2026-08-17
38.9
rank #37
2026-08-10
30.5
rank #37
2026-08-03
16.8
rank #37
2026-07-27
13.4
rank #39
2026-07-20
17.0
rank #36
2026-07-13
20.5
rank #36
2026-07-06
18.7
rank #35
2026-06-29
38.0
rank #31
2026-06-22
38.0
rank #31
2026-06-15
29.3
rank #26
2026-06-08
37.0
rank #34