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Question: Investigate xAI: Search Nevada Secretary of State for "xAI Corp, X.AI Corp, X AI Corp - all variations with incorporation dates 2023". Would confirm Nevada incorporation and specific confidentiality elections made during filing. Report any findings as factual claims with dates and evidence.
Date: 2026-04-09
Research Findings
Research confirms that X.AI Corp was incorporated in Nevada on March 9, 2023, with Elon Musk as sole director and Jared Birchall as secretary. The company initially operated as a public benefit corporation starting in July 2023 but quietly terminated this status on May 9, 2024, through an amendment filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. Despite this termination, xAI has continued to misrepresent itself as a public benefit corporation in court filings since November 2024, over a year after losing that status. The company authorized 100 million shares and underwent significant corporate changes including a merger with X Corp on March 28, 2025. The research also reveals substantial executive turnover, with CFO Mike Liberatore departing after just three months in July 2025, followed by other high-profile departures including co-founder Igor Babuschkin and General Counsel Robert Keele. The Nevada incorporation appears to provide the company with greater management discretion and protection compared to Delaware incorporation, which aligns with the broader X corporate restructuring that moved Twitter/X Corp to Nevada as well.
Data Collected
- Entities created: Jared Birchall, Mike Liberatore, Robert Keele, Raghu Rao, Dan Hendrycks, Center for AI Safety
- Facts recorded: 11
- Connections mapped: 5
- Web sources consulted: 30
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