As of 2026-08-10, xAI has 204 open roles tracked by McCoy Hiring Tracker, up 20 from last week. Primary hiring focus: Engineering (62), Other (44), Operations (40). Data refreshed daily from public ATS APIs; last updated 2026-08-10.
Elon Musk's frontier lab — builds the Grok family of models, integrated tightly with X. Capital-intensive Memphis training cluster (Colossus) is a differentiator. Hiring spans research, infrastructure, and applied AI at scale.
Posted 70 new listings in the last 90 days. Most recent publicly reported layoff: 2025-09-12, 500 people. Net listings change over the same 90 days: +3.
Layoff data from layoffs.fyi. Listing counts are from public ATS feeds and don't map 1:1 to headcount.
| Function | Open roles | Share | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 62 | 30.4% | |
| Other | 44 | 21.6% | |
| Operations | 40 | 19.6% | |
| Data | 9 | 4.4% | |
| Trades | 8 | 3.9% | |
| Research | 7 | 3.4% | |
McCoy tracks hiring across 256 AI companies, updated daily.
Yes. As of 2026-08-10, xAI has 204 open roles tracked by McCoy Hiring Tracker, captured directly from their public ATS.
204 open roles as of 2026-08-10. Net change over the last 7 days: up 20 (40 new, 20 closed).
Top functions by open-role count: Engineering (62), Other (44), Operations (40). Full function-mix breakdown at https://tracker.mccoy.io/xai.
2026-08-10. McCoy Hiring Tracker refreshes each tracked company's data daily around 04:00 UTC from public ATS APIs. Methodology: https://tracker.mccoy.io/methodology.
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