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  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Musk plans to expand Colossus AI supercomputer tenfold

    Facility in Memphis expected to incorporate more than 1mn GPUs as billionaire’s xAI aims to catch up with rivals

    The xAI logo and a computer motherboard in the foreground
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Elon Musk’s Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal

    Investors hit by losses following billionaire’s takeover of social media platform reap rewards from shares in his AI start-up

    A montage of Elon Musk wearing sunglasses with xAI and X logos on the lenses standing in front of a red background with dollar bills and a Twitter logo
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
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    Valuations at Musk’s SpaceX and xAI set to soar in new deals

    Billionaire’s rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round

    Elon Musk is seen in the foreground, smiling and waving, wearing a t-shirt that reads "Occupy Mars." In the background, SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is depicted with billowing smoke, set against a red and black graphic design.
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
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    Musk in funding talks with Middle East investors to value xAI at $45bn

    Early discussions include existing backers of artificial intelligence start-up

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  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Musk’s xAI launches Grok-2 in race to catch ChatGPT

    Latest chatbot ranks in top 5 models, according to independent benchmark sites, and will be available to X subscribers

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  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
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    Musk’s X faces questions from watchdog over AI data grab

    Social media company’s move to automatically allow user data to train chatbot could breach European privacy rules

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
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    Musk to seek Tesla board approval for $5bn injection into xAI start-up

    Move would see questions resurface over conflicts of interest as EV maker seeks to recast itself as robotics and AI group

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  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Musk closes $6bn financing for OpenAI challenger xAI

    Latest round puts it in top tier of artificial intelligence start-ups after barely a year

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  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
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    Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI fight to partner with chatbot group Character.ai

    Talks come as Big Tech seeks tie-ups with Silicon Valley artificial intelligence firms

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  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Musk’s xAI secures new backing from Andreessen, Lightspeed, Sequoia and Tribe

    Billionaire’s artificial intelligence start-up closes in on $6bn funding round as it seeks more financial firepower

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  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Sequoia commits to backing Musk’s xAI start-up

    Venture capital firm is among investors that entrepreneur is wooing as he seeks to gain ground on rivals

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  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
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    Elon Musk’s start-up xAI seeks to raise $1bn

    X owner’s generative artificial intelligence company says it has already raised $135mn

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  • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Musk releases new AI chatbot ‘Grok’ in bid to take on ChatGPT

    Billionaire’s xAI start-up unveils generative AI model in a challenge to Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google

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