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Musk's xAI Taps Starlink Staffer to Run Grok Training Team
xAI has replaced its young head of Grok training with Jack Garabedian, a Starlink veteran, signaling a shift in leadership toward seasoned infrastructure operators.
What: Jack Garabedian, known for his work in the Ukraine conflict and Starlink customer support integration, now leads the team training the Grok chatbot. The move is part of a broader consolidation of xAI leadership by SpaceX executives ahead of the company's planned IPO.
Why it matters: Musk is prioritizing operational execution and infrastructure-scale management for xAI over pure research leadership, likely to stabilize the platform before its public debut.
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Jack Garabedian, a Starlink engineer who's been with SpaceX since 2021, is taking over the team that trains xAI's Grok chatbot, displacing college-aged engineer Diego Pasini, who has been with the company for a year and a half. Garabedian helped with the deployment of Starlink during the war between Russia and Ukraine, and he also helped work with the Starlink customer team and integrated Grok into customer support. A group of Starlink executives has taken over xAI in policy, operations, and leading the engineers ahead of SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering.
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