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SpaceXAI Shifts Resources Toward AI Coding Tools and Grok Bot, Reportedly Lays Off About 60 Grok Imagine Staff

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According to The Information, citing people familiar with the matter, SpaceXAI has laid off most of the R&D staff behind its video and image generation AI tool Grok Imagine. The cuts involve about 60 Grok Imagine team members, with only a small number retained to maintain basic operations; the tool remains accessible and usable, but its future prospects have become uncertain without a dedicated development team. Since xAI and SpaceX completed their merger in February 2026, the company has continued to restructure internally, and this reduction is a continuation of that process. The sources said that after acquiring xAI, the AI company under 马斯克, in a stock deal valued at $250 billion in February of this year, SpaceX has shifted its strategic focus to AI coding tools and the Grok Bot agent product, giving them higher priority than other business lines; SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor in August was one concrete move in this strategic shift.

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Article title: SpaceXAI resources shift toward AI coding tools and Grok Bot, reports say about 60 Grok Imagine employees laid off

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SpaceXAI resources shift toward AI coding tools and Grok Bot, reports say about 60 Grok Imagine employees laid off

IT之家 November 13 news, according to The Information citing people familiar with the matter, SpaceXAI has laid off most of the R&D staff for its video and image generation AI tool Grok Imagine.

The layoffs involve about 60 members of the Grok Imagine team, with only a small number of staff retained to maintain basic operations of the product. Although the tool is still accessible and usable at this stage, after losing the support of a dedicated R&D team, its future development prospects have become uncertain.

Since xAI and SpaceX completed their merger in February 2026, the company has continued to push forward with internal restructuring, and this reduction in staff is a continuation of that adjustment process.

People familiar with the matter revealed that after acquiring AI company xAI, owned by 马斯克, in February this year for $250 billion in stock (IT之家 note: about 1.67 trillion yuan at current exchange rates), SpaceX has shifted its strategic focus toward AI coding tools and the Grok Bot agent product, giving them higher priority than other business lines. And SpaceX's acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion (about 401.104 billion yuan at current exchange rates) in August was one of the concrete moves in this strategic transformation.

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