alilbitmo

Today was my last day at @xai . The past year (and some change) have been nothing short of exceptional—inspiring and grueling in equal measure. It was an honor to support the Imagine team from the human data side, exhilarating to champion and deliver impossible outcomes on impossible timelines, and deeply inspiring to see our work improve the model in real time. If I didn't get to thank you personally today, here's my heartfelt thanks to the Omni/Imagine team, the Image & Video Human Data crew, and all my colleagues who slogged through the trenches with me day after day (across eng, HD, and beyond). It was a true honor working alongside you—I’ll miss you all very much. Excited for whatever comes next, and rooting for the xAI team! 🚀 Ad astra, etc.

@imhaotian @elonmusk All the best Haotian—it was such an honor to work with you 🥲❤️

I left xAI earlier this week. It was a difficult decision. The past two years have been an intense, fun, and deeply rewarding journey, and I accomplished things I could not have imagined two years ago. Thank you @elonmusk for the opportunity and for everything I learned at xAI. Thank you @Guodzh for the trust you placed in me and for all the days and late nights we worked through together. And thank you to the entire Omni / Imagine team: thank you for your trust, and for growing together with me. It has been an honor, and I am incredibly proud of what we achieved together. I feel fortunate to have had the chance to work with all of you. At xAI, everything feels possible. I had the chance to work with and learn from some of the most exceptional people I have ever met. I was able to explore across domains: from pretraining to post-training, from language models to multimodal, from perception to generation. Joining xAI was one of the best decisions I have ever made. @grok imagine is special to me. Building video generation models, where I started with almost zero prior knowledge, from 0 to No.1, as an IC and as a lead, alongside an extraordinary team, and shipping it as a great product used by millions, all within 6 months, at age 28: I feel proud. But now it’s time for me to move on. I’m burnt out, and I know my happiness is no longer maximized in my current state. It is sad to say goodbye, but it is just the right time for a change. Best wishes to the Imagine team, you are absolutely the best, and you deserve the best. I will cherish all our memories for the rest of my life. For now, I’m taking a break and giving myself time to figure out what comes next. Posted from Hawaii.

@Guodzh Thank you for everything Guodong—you were always an inspiration

Last day at xAI. Wild journey past three years but excited about next chapter. Thanks all for the love and support yesterday. So many friends made along the way and I will miss you all!

@hangg70 Thank you for everything @hangg70 ! Genuinely such a thoughtful collaborator and thought partner

I left xAI today. It was truly rewarding to contribute to grok imagine video series: 0.9 as our first release, then 1.0 that recently topped across competitive leaderboards and user feedback. I see a mix of humble craftsmanship and ambitious vision throughout the team. They taught me about what I want and how I want to proceed in my career. Thank you to everyone who made this journey unique and memorable.

@matiroy One of my personal favorites honestly

Egon Schiele painting style

Grok image editing is so fun! Here are over 20 stylistic and character transformations I did for my profile picture. Check out this thread 🧵 Starting with watercolor style:

Bout to be a Grok girl summer lfg