# Aman Gottumukkala

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-03-15**: xAI Appointment — Announced joining xAI and SpaceX to build advanced coding AI.
- **2023**: Firebender Growth — Founded and scaled Firebender to millions in revenue with a 3-person team.
- **2021**: Industry Entry — Worked as a software engineer at Paradigm and selected as a KP Fellow.
- **2017**: Academic Foundation — Studied Computer Science at Texas A&M University.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### xAI Recruits Firebender Founder Aman Gottumukkala to Lead Coding AI
2026-03-16 17:00:19 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 3

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.
Full story: https://gethrbrief.com/story/xai-recruits-firebender-founder-aman-gottumukkala

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