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Researcher · Founder · Engineer

John Mullan

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Mullan co-founded Hotshot, whose small team trained three generative-video foundation models before xAI acquired the company in 2025. The team joined xAI to continue scaling video generation on its Colossus computing cluster.

Career & education

Previously
2024-2026
Member of Technical Staff
2017-2024
Co-founder

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

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Reviewed August 9, 2026 · Checked for accuracy and new information.

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