xAI Guts Grok Imagine Video Team, Cuts ~60 as Musk Prioritizes Coding Tools and Grok Bot

The Information reported Nov 13 that Elon Musk's xAI laid off roughly 60 staffers from its Grok Imagine video-generation team in the past week, leaving only a handful of employees to keep the product alive. The cuts come as xAI reprioritizes resources toward its AI coding tools and the consumer Grok Bot, mirroring a broader AI-lab pivot away from standalone video generation after the Sora/Veo category consolidated.