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SpaceX lays off roughly 60 Grok Imagine staffers, deprioritizing the product

SpaceX laid off about 60 Grok Imagine staffers in the past week, leaving a small team to maintain the product, as the company shifts focus to AI coding tools and Grok Bot.

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  1. 2026-11-13 15:15 · Techmeme
    Sources: SpaceX laid off ~60 Grok Imagine staffers in the past week, leaving a handful to keep the product alive, as it prioritizes AI coding tools and Grok Bot (The Information)

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