On November 28 last year, just a day after Thanksgiving, an engineer at xAI earned gushing praise from his colleagues online after posting a photograph of his Tesla Cybertruck with the caption: “Last night I left the @xai office after ~36 hours of working with no sleep. Although I was dead, I was also super energised … Happy Thanksgiving!”

Silicon Valley has for years embraced hustle culture, initially spoiling employees with free meals, laundry services and playful office spaces in order to cheerfully smooth the way for long office hours.

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Financial Times