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SpaceX reportedly lays off about 60 Grok Imagine staff to focus on coding tools

According to a post on X by @techsnif, citing a news report, SpaceX laid off about 60 people working on Grok Imagine over the past week. A handful of staff reportedly remain to keep the image and video product running while the company prioritizes AI coding tools and Grok Bot. The post says the company had not commented in the posts read.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-13T17:45:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-13T22:22:12+00:00
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According to a post on X by @techsnif, citing a news report, SpaceX laid off about 60 people working on Grok Imagine over the past week. A handful of staff reportedly remain to keep the image and video product running while the company prioritizes AI coding tools and Grok Bot. The post says the company had not commented in the posts read.

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TechSnif, citing a news report, says SpaceX laid off about 60 people working on Grok Imagine over the past week, leaving a handful to keep the image and video product running while it prioritizes AI coding tools and Grok Bot. The company had not commented in the posts read. Why it matters: It signals that SpaceX's...

If the report is accurate, SpaceX's AI group is moving resources away from media generation and toward coding and agent tools. Users of Grok Imagine may find the image and video product supported by a much smaller team. Watch for an official statement from SpaceX on the layoffs and any changes to the Grok Imagine roadmap.

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