xAI Recruits Firebender Founder Aman Gottumukkala to Lead Coding AI
Elon Musk’s xAI has hired Aman Gottumukkala, the founder of the high-revenue AI coding startup Firebender, to spearhead advanced coding systems. Gottumukkala, who scaled Firebender to millions in revenue with a three-person team, represents a shift in top-tier talent moving from independent lean startups to resource-heavy frontier AI labs.