Musk's xAI recruits Starlink personnel to run Grok training team
·2026.06.09 09:00
Key point
A SpaceX Starlink engineer has taken on a new role leading xAI's Grok chatbot training team.
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Jack Garabedian, a Starlink engineer who has worked at SpaceX since 2021, has taken over the training team for xAI's Grok chatbot. He is stepping into the role in place of former team member Diego Pasini.
Garabedian has experience supporting Starlink deployment during the Russia-Ukraine war, and has been responsible for collaborating with the customer support team and integrating Grok into customer support services.
Meanwhile, ahead of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO), organizational restructuring is underway, with some Starlink executives taking on leadership of xAI's policy, operations, and engineering.