Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9
xAI Names Starlink Engineer Jack Garabedian to Lead Grok Training Team, Replacing 1 College-Aged Manager
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9

xAI Names Starlink Engineer Jack Garabedian to Lead Grok Training Team, Replacing 1 College-Aged Manager

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9

Summary

  • Jack Garabedian, a SpaceX engineer who has worked on Starlink since 2021, will take over xAI’s human data team under a Monday internal note seen by Bloomberg.
  • Hundreds of experts on that team train Grok across subjects including finance and science, making the role central to how xAI improves the chatbot’s responses.
  • Diego Pasini, the college-aged engineer who had been running the group, is being replaced as xAI reshapes leadership around Grok’s training operation.

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