Overview

• Mike Liberatore left the CFO role around the end of July after joining in April, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• xAI has not disclosed a reason for his departure and did not respond to requests for comment, the reports said.
• During his brief tenure, he helped arrange $5 billion in debt and a separate $5 billion in strategic equity, with nearly half of the equity reportedly from SpaceX.
• Liberatore also oversaw parts of xAI’s data center expansion plans in the Memphis area.
• His departure follows recent exits by co-founder Igor Babuschkin, general counsel Robert Keele, senior lawyer Raghu Rao, and X CEO Linda Yaccarino, whose July resignation came after concerns over Grok’s behavior.