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Michael NicollsPresident · SpaceXAIExecutive↗
Founder · Executive
Elon Musk
SpaceXAIFounder and CEO
TeslaCEO and Product Architect
SpaceXFounder, CEO and Chief Engineer
NeuralinkCo-founder
Born 1971
Musk helped found OpenAI in 2015[1] and launched xAI in 2023. To train its Grok models, xAI built Colossus, a Memphis computing cluster that started with 100,000 GPUs.[2] SpaceX acquired xAI in 2026, bringing Grok and its computing infrastructure into the space company.[3]
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Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations5,007As of Nov 13, '26
citations+156Since last snapshot, Jul 3, '26
References
- NVIDIA on the Colossus buildnvidianews.nvidia.com
NVIDIA describes the original Memphis cluster and its use in training Grok.
- Reuters on SpaceX’s acquisition of xAIinvesting.com
Reuters reports the acquisition and describes the businesses it brought together.
- Tesla AI and Roboticstesla.com
Tesla describes its work on driving software and the Optimus humanoid robot.
- Neuralink device control trialneuralink.com
Neuralink describes its clinical study of an implant designed to let people with paralysis control a computer.
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Reviewed August 8, 2026 · Checked for accuracy and new information.
