Linda Yaccarino’s departure as CEO of X on July 9 caught many by surprise. While reportedly in the works for weeks, the absence of leaks and the timing of her announcement—one day after X’s AI chatbot Grok made antisemitic comments referencing Hitler during a prompt about Texas flooding—sparked heavy online chatter.

Two months later, that chatter has faded, but the executive office remains vacant, with no signs of being filled soon. (Yaccarino, meanwhile, has since taken over as chief executive of eMed Population Health, a digital health company developing a platform for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.)

X declined to comment on the CEO search, and Elon Musk has only weighed in once, thanking Yaccarino for her contributions on the day she stepped down. If his past remarks are any guide, he’s in

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