The social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, is set to close its San Francisco headquarters and move to Texas. This decision comes after Elon Musk purchased the platform and decided to shift its base.
According to an internal email obtained by The New York Times, X’s chief executive Linda Yaccarino informed employees that they would move to existing offices in San Jose.
Additionally, the company plans to open an engineering-focused office in Palo Alto. Yaccarino wrote, “This is an important decision that impacts many of you, but it is the right one for our company in the long term.”
On July 31, 2023, workers started dismantling a large X logo on the roof of X headquarters in San Francisco. This move is part of the company’s transition to the Texas capital.
Last month, Musk announced his intention to move the headquarters to Austin, alongside SpaceX, following a new California law that bans school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents when their child changes their gender identity.
Musk expressed his frustration with the law and previous ones, stating on X, “This is the final straw.
Because of this law and the many others that preceded it, attacking both families and companies, SpaceX will now move its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to Starbase, Texas.”
According to the source, he also confirmed that X headquarters would move to Austin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, responded to Musk’s decision with a comment on social media, saying, “You bent the knee,” alongside an image of a post by former President Trump with a photo of him and Musk at the White House.
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Musk purchased the social media platform in 2022.
However, according to the Times, the company has not paid rent to Shorenstein, the real estate company managing X’s office building.