Elon Musk admitted that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, missed out on high-quality talent during its initial years. In a post on X on Friday, he stated that the company was examining its previous interview judgments and expressed regret to anyone who was turned down during the hiring process.
Musk and Baris Akis, who works on the xAI talent engineering team, are personally reviewing the company’s entire interview history to reach back out to promising candidates who were previously overlooked.
“Many talented people over the past few years…

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