Founded: 2023
Founder / CEO: Elon Musk
Core product: Grok chatbot (Grok model family) and related generative tools
Notable funding: $6B Series C (May 2024); $20B Series E announced (Jan 2026)
Employees (reported): 5262
Artificial intelligence / conversational and generative AI
2023
Technology, Information and Internet
$6 billion
Reported participation from a16z, Sequoia, Valor, BlackRock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA among others.
$20 billion
Company announced Series E with named investors including Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority and others.
“Includes participation from major institutional and strategic investors such as Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, BlackRock, Kingdom Holdings, Morgan Stanley, Qatar Investment Authority, Nvidia and Cisco.”
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About xAI
xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge.
Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.
We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.
All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.
About the Role
As a Safety Operations Senior Analyst, you will contribute to xAI's mission by training and refining Grok to enforce our terms of service and support functions. Your work will directly impact the safety of our products, X, and Grok, by minimizing existential risks, enforcing xAI’s rules, and promoting responsible development, helping to prevent illegal and harmful content.
Responsibilities
Your responsibility is to monitor and take action on content and behavior that goes against our terms of service, escalating as needed. This will include processing appeals, auditing automations, and properly labeling use cases in the system. You will provide labels, annotations, and inputs on projects involving safety protocols, risk scenarios, and policy compliance. You must support the delivery of high-quality curated data that reinforces xAI’s rules and ethical alignment. In this effort, you will collaborate with team members to provide feedback on tasks that improve AI's defenses to detect illegal and unethical behavior, as well as align Grok with our rules enforcement.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
This role may involve exposure to sensitive or graphic content, including vulgar language, violent threats, pornography, and other graphic images.
Location & Other Expectations
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
$43.75 - $62.50 USD hourly
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at xAI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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