The initiative hadn’t been planned to include xAI’s Grok model as recently as March, the former Pentagon employee said.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is working with a financier to secure up to $12 billion more for its expansion plans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Gerald's bullish forecast, Musk said on X, “Extreme execution is needed, but a valuation of $20 trillion for Tesla is possible.”

One of the new “companions,” or AI characters for users to interact with, is a sexualized blonde anime bot called “Ani."

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, denounced Donald Trump's recent allegations against Barack Obama, calling the Trump administration's claims 'politically motivated to distract from Jeffrey Epstein.' Trum

In a familiar critique of corporate structures, Musk also weighed in on the ideal environment for fostering such long-term, existentially focused AI. He declared, “For long-term optimization, it is better to be a private than a public company, as the latter is punished for long-term optimization beyond the reward cycle of stock portfolio managers.”

Elon Musk says that 230,000+ AI GPUs are training Grok for xAI and its Colossus 1, while Colossus 2's first batch of 550,000 GB200, GB300s coming soon.