Will Ilya join Musk xAI?

OpenAI Chief Scientist and co-founder Ilya Sutskever is leaving the artificial intelligence company.

On X, Sutskever posted that he is working on an as-yet-unnamed project that is “very personally meaningful” for him.

In a post on X on Tuesday, Altman wrote, “Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of our field, and a dear friend.”

Where will Ilya go next?

There have been lots of guesses.

Among them, "join Musk xAI" is a very popular statement.