Elon Musk reportedly plans to quit X’s San Francisco office — weeks after announcing he would move the social media company’s headquarters to Texas in his clash with California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the state’s controversial new law on gender identity of students.
In a staff memo Monday, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said the office closing will happen “over the next several weeks” and described the decision as “the right thing for our company in the long term.”
“For those who live in San Francisco, I know this will affect all of you in different ways. Leadership is actively working on plans, including transportation options, for those directly affected,” Yaccarino added in the memo, according to a copy obtained by Fortune.
Yaccarino said X would move operations to new “primary locations” for its employees in the Bay Area, including an existing office in San Jose, as well as a new “engineering-focused shared space” in Palo Alto Alto designed to house Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI.
The billionaire also blasted living conditions in crime-ridden San Francisco as he announced the move.
“I’ve had enough of dodging gangs of violent junkies just to get in and out of the building,” Musk wrote on X on July 16.
The post was directed to X for comment.
Last month, Musk announced he would move the headquarters of X and Space X to Texas, calling Newsom’s decision “the last straw.”
The new law blocks school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents of changes in a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation without the child’s permission.
Musk said he made it clear to Governor Newsom about a year ago that laws of this nature would force families and companies out of California to protect their children.
Musk has repeatedly clashed with local authorities since he bought the company formerly known as Twitter for $44 billion in late 2022.
Last year, SRI Nine Market Square, the firm that owns the building that houses X headquarters on San Francisco’s Market Street, filed suit against Musk’s firm for missing rent payments.
The owner dropped the lawsuit in March.
Separately on Monday, Musk filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — just weeks after he dropped a similar lawsuit against the firm behind ChatGPT.
O caso aberto na Califórnia por Musk — que foi cofundador da OpenAI em 2015, mas depois deixou seu conselho em meio a divergências sobre sua direção — descreve sua disputa com Altman e outros como um "conto clássico de altruísmo versus ganância".
Os advogados de Musk alegam que a OpenAI e seus líderes o "intencionalmente enganaram e enganaram" para financiar a startup em mais de $44 milhões em seus primeiros anos.
O processo alega que Altman e seus aliados disseram que desenvolveriam IA avançada para o benefício da humanidade — apenas para abandonar essa missão a fim de enriquecer a si próprios e ao grande investidor Microsoft.
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