Co-founders Tony Wu and Jimmy Ba have resigned from xAI, leaving the company with only six of its original 12 co-founders. The departures follow internal tensions over performance demands as Elon Musk seeks to enhance AI capabilities to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. Musk's SpaceX plans to acquire xAI, aiming to establish a $1.25 trillion company and launch data centers in space later this year, intensifying industry rivalry.