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xAI

HQ Palo Alto, USFounded 2023late stageWebsite @xai
Composite score
43.7
rank #37 · risers

#37 Riser. 2.4k people.

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Headcount
2.4k
0.0%
90d change
-0.6%
Funding events (90d)
0
12 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$2.3M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
40.9%
high — churn risk
Average tenure
1.0 yrs
new hires — fast growth or churn
Time since last raise
7 mo
recent raise

Hiring flow · xAI

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
895
+74%
Education
526
-11%
Operations
107
+60%
Finance
104
+357%
Human Resources
54
+45%
Analyst
53
0%
Legal
39
+56%
Sales
32
+167%
Other
189

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. The VergeHeadline11d ago
    xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’

    Article is entirely about xAI suing a user for allegedly using Grok to generate CSAM deepfakes.

  2. TechCrunchHeadline12d ago
    Google’s biggest clean power project is 40 miles north of xAI’s unpermitted gas power plant

    Article contrasts Google's clean energy investment with xAI's unpermitted gas power plant operations and pollution impacts.

  3. TechCrunch17d ago
    Elon Musk praises Mythos/Fable, promises not to ‘cut off’ Anthropic

    xAI is central to the infrastructure deal (Colossus 1 data center) and Musk's merger with SpaceX, but article focus is on Anthropic's relationship with Musk.

  4. Decrypt18d ago
    The New Grok 4.5 Is Out. Elon Musk Says It Competes With Last Year's Claude Opus

    Article is primarily about xAI's Grok 4.5 model release, pricing, benchmarks, and competitive positioning.

  5. TechCrunch26d ago
    SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish

    xAI's technology is integrated into SpaceX's AI device prototype, but the focus is SpaceX's hardware play.

  6. TechCrunchHeadline26d ago
    Meta, like SpaceX, looks to turn excess AI compute into cash

    Named in headline as parallel example of selling excess AI compute; substantive but not primary focus.

  7. TechCrunch27d ago
    Vibe-coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility

    xAI mentioned as parent of Cursor and a competitor entering vibe-coding space alongside SpaceX.

  8. The Verge28d ago
    Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data

    xAI's Grok chatbot mentioned as example of AI company collecting health data; not central to article.

Events

Funding · series e · $20B
7mo ago
Funding · secondary market · $300K
8mo ago
Layoff · 6.8% (144 roles)
Departures in 2025-11: 198 vs 6-mo baseline of 54 (3.67× spike). Derived from PDL.
9mo ago
Funding · series unknown · $96M
10mo ago
Layoff · 6.7% (139 roles)
Departures in 2025-09: 179 vs 6-mo baseline of 40 (4.47× spike). Derived from PDL.
11mo 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

2026-07-20
43.7
rank #37
2026-07-13
40.0
rank #37
2026-07-06
39.0
rank #37
2026-06-29
36.0
rank #34
2026-06-22
36.4
rank #27
2026-06-15
44.7
rank #29
2026-06-08
45.4
rank #26
2026-06-01
45.4
rank #26
2026-05-25
61.6
rank #31
2026-05-18
58.3
rank #28
2026-05-11
55.4
rank #28
2026-05-04
55.5
rank #28