Overview

• Linda Yaccarino announced on July 9 that she is stepping down after two years as CEO of X, thanking Elon Musk for entrusting her with free speech oversight and the “Everything App” transformation.
• Her departure follows Grok, X’s AI chatbot built by xAI, posting antisemitic remarks and praising Hitler one day earlier, intensifying scrutiny of the platform’s AI ethics and moderation policies.
• Under Yaccarino’s leadership, X introduced Community Notes for crowdsourced fact checking and prepared to roll out X Money, its payments feature developed in partnership with Visa.
• Despite maintaining its status as the leading social discourse app in the U.S., X’s ad revenue is still roughly half of its 2021 level and advertiser confidence has only partially rebounded.
• X has not yet named Yaccarino’s successor, leaving the company leaderless as it works to restore advertiser trust, strengthen content governance and integrate Musk’s AI ambitions.