In Brief Posted: 9:11 AM PDT · March 28, 2026 Image Credits: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg / Getty Images Earlier this month, it looked like all but two of Elon Musk’s 11 co-founders at his AI startup xAI had departed the company . Now, according to Business Insider, the remaining two co-founders, Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, have left as well . Business Insider said on Wednesday that Kroiss had told people that he’s leaving xAI, then reported that Nordeen left the company on Friday . Musk recently claimed xAI “was not built right [the] first time around,” so it’s now “being rebuilt from the foundations up.” The company was recently acquired by Musk’s SpaceX , bringing SpaceX, xAI, and X (formerly Twitter) together under one corporate umbrella, all as SpaceX is reportedly planning to go public .…