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Musk’s xAI Launches Hiring Drive for ‘Macrohard,’ an AI-Only Microsoft Rival

Recruiting targets engineers to build computer control agents for the upcoming Grok 5 model.

Overview

  • xAI co-founder Yuhuai Wu said on Sept. 24 that the company is assembling a team to develop computer control agents, with job listings to follow.
  • Elon Musk reposted the call on X and urged applicants, writing, “Help build Macrohard, the AI software company!”
  • Wu said the agents will support both Macrohard and Grok 5, and Musk has said Grok 5 training is slated to begin soon with a launch targeted by the end of 2025.
  • Musk has described Macrohard as a “purely AI software company” intended to simulate the functions of firms like Microsoft.
  • xAI filed a U.S. trademark for “Macrohard” on Aug. 1 covering wide-ranging AI software uses, and no commercial product has been released yet.