Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after two years leading Elon Musk’s social media company. Yaccarino’s departure comes one day after the company’s Grok chatbot began pushing antisemitic tropes in responses to users. It’s not clear that the events were connected.

Linda Yaccarino has officially stepped down as CEO of X, Elon Musk’s rebranded version of Twitter, after nearly two years in the role. The announcement came Wednesday morning via a post from Yaccarino on the social media platform.

After two years at the helm, Linda Yaccarino is stepping down from Elon Musk 's social media platform X. The former NBCUniversal advertising sales chief, Musk tapped Yaccarino to replace him as CEO in May of 2023, shortly after he purchased the platform for $44 billion in October 2022.