Overview

• Mike Liberatore departed around the end of July after joining as chief financial officer in April, the Wall Street Journal reported.
• xAI has not disclosed a reason for his departure, and the company did not respond to requests for comment in the coverage.
• During his brief tenure, he helped arrange $5 billion in debt and $5 billion in equity financing—reportedly with nearly half of the equity from SpaceX—and oversaw parts of a data-center buildout near Memphis.
• The leadership changes have unfolded as Grok, xAI’s chatbot on X, drew scrutiny for problematic outputs that prompted temporary limits on its responses, according to prior reports.
• Liberatore’s departure extends a run of exits that includes co-founder Igor Babuschkin, general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino.