xAI Co-Founder Igor Babuschkin Departs To Start Venture Firm

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Igor Babuschkin, a founding member of Elon Musk’s xAI, announced Wednesday that he is leaving the artificial intelligence startup to launch his own venture firm, according to CNBC. Babuschkin Ventures will focus on AI safety research and investments in AI and agentic systems “that advance humanity and unlock the mysteries of our universe.” A former Google DeepMind engineer and OpenAI staffer, Babuschkin said he helped build xAI’s engineering teams, developed the Memphis supercluster, and shipped frontier models at record speed. Babuschkin said he and Musk shared concerns over powerful AI’s risks and the goal of using it for good. Musk thanked Babuschkin in a post on X for helping build xAI and said the company wouldn’t exist without him.

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00:02Igor Babushkin, a founding member of Elon Musk's XAI, announced Wednesday that he is leaving the artificial intelligence startup to launch his own venture firm, according to CNBC.

00:11Babushkin Ventures will focus on AI safety research and investments in AI, energetic systems that advance humanity and unlock the mysteries of our universe.

00:19Former Google DeepMind engineer and OpenAI staffer Babushkin said he helped build XAI's engineering teams, develop the Memphis Supercluster, and ship frontier models at record speed.

00:29Babushkin said he and Musk shared concerns over powerful AI's risks and the goal of using it for good.

00:35Musk think Babushkin and Oppos.x probably build XAI and said the company would exist without it.

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