| Known as | Industrialist and technologist (born 1971) |
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| Roles | Founder, xAI |
| Education | Smith School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Queen's University |
| Recognition | Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Order of Defence Merit, Time 100, Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society |
| Links | Wikipedia · x.ai |
About Elon Musk
Elon Musk is the founder of xAI.
xAI: Builds the Grok models; states its goal as understanding the true nature of the universe.
Elon studied at Smith School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and Queen's University.
Honours for Elon's work include: Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Order of Defence Merit, Time 100 and Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Today xAI ranks #5 of 144 on the AGIX Leaderboard, with 11 research roles open, 101 papers in the last year and 24 investment vehicles named after it filed with the SEC in the last year. It's one of the companies shaping how general-purpose AI gets built, and Elon is part of that story.
Facts from public company information, Wikipedia and Wikidata; lab figures from AGIX data, 2 Nov 2026. Elon, or someone who works with them? Suggest an update.