xAI hires former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO

In Brief Posted: 5:12 AM PDT · October 7, 2025 Image Credits:Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto / Getty Images Ram Iyer xAI hires former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, now has a new chief financial officer: Former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong, the Financial Times reported, citing anonymous sources. Armstrong, who previously advised Musk during the Twitter deal, will oversee the finances of both xAI and X, which were merged in April, the report said. The former banker has been working with xAI for several weeks and was only recently appointed as CFO, the FT added. xAI has been without a CFO since its previous finance head, Mike Liberatore, left the company in July, and Armstrong’s appointment follows a slate of…

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