# Toby Pohlen: founder, xAI

Canonical ID: `c895ace2-e9d9-483a-8f69-4afd3ddcacfd`

Member of the xAI founding team announced in July 2023.

- **Verification posture:** verified

## Foundings (1)

- [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) founded 2023-07-12 (cofounder) _no longer at company_

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Co-founders (11)

- [Zihang Dai](https://registry.deploy.report/people/zihang-dai.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Igor Babuschkin](https://registry.deploy.report/people/igor-babuschkin.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Jimmy Ba](https://registry.deploy.report/people/jimmy-ba.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Greg Yang](https://registry.deploy.report/people/greg-yang.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Christian Szegedy](https://registry.deploy.report/people/christian-szegedy.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Yuhuai Wu](https://registry.deploy.report/people/yuhuai-wu.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Manuel Kroiss](https://registry.deploy.report/people/manuel-kroiss.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Ross Nordeen](https://registry.deploy.report/people/ross-nordeen.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Kyle Kosic](https://registry.deploy.report/people/kyle-kosic.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Guodong Zhang](https://registry.deploy.report/people/guodong-zhang.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) (2023-07-12)
- [Elon Musk](https://registry.deploy.report/people/elon-musk.md) co-founded [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [xAI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/xai.md) Founding team member (secondary-verified)

## Sources (1)

1. https://observer.com/2023/07/elon-musk-launches-xai/ · 2023-07-12


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