Yann LeCun Calls xAI 'Kind of a Failure' on CNBC

" The former Meta chief AI scientist said he was "not very positive about the prospect of xAI" and replied "No, I don't" when asked if the company could compete on the frontier of AI. LeCun linked the assessment to staffing problems. " All non-Musk cofounders have left xAI.

Ross Nordeen was the final holdout; he was abruptly cut off from the company's systems and disappeared from a group chat, Business Insider previously reported. LeCun pointed to xAI's decision to lease data centers to competitors such as Anthropic as further evidence of weakness.

"He's got this huge infrastructure, which he rents to other people, because that's the only way he can recoup the costs," he said.

XAI is now part of SpaceX, which went public last week. SpaceX and xAI did not respond to requests for comment. LeCun offered a different view of Musk's other ventures. "SpaceX is doing great stuff," he said.