Musk is now a lone wolf. All 11 co-founders of xAI have left. On March 27th, Ross Nordeen resigned. The last to leave. The 12-person super team he personally built in 2023. Only he remains. Two years of continuous retreat. Mid-2024 — Kyle Kosic joined OpenAI. February 2025 — Christian Szegedy left. August 2025 — Igor Babuschkin went into venture capital. January 2026 — Young resigned due to Lyme disease, saying: "Long-term high intensity has weakened my immune system." February 2026 — Wu Yuhuai and Jimmy Ba announced on the same day, and "I left xAI" went viral on X. Mid-March 2026 — Zhang Guodong and Dai Zihang left. March 27, 2026 — Ross Nordeen, the founding team is wiped out. The last to leave. Ross Nordeen, 36 years old. From Tesla's FSD. Musk acquired Twitter. The layoffs at the time were a special forces unit. He reported directly to Musk at xAI. Internally, he was called "the right-hand operator." Even his right hand left.