xAI - An AI company founded by Elon Musk, focused on advancing scientific discovery through artificial intelligence.

## Founding of xAI xAI was founded by Elon Musk in 2023. Musk is also the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. ## xAI's Primary Product xAI's primary product is Grok, a large language model designed to assist with tasks such as answering questions, generating content, and providing insights. ## xAI's Valuation Controversy According to some reports, xAI was valued at $500 billion in its latest funding round, raising $5 billion. However, other reliable sources like Crunchbase and Wikipedia suggest a valuation between $400-$500 billion, indicating potential discrepancies in the data. ## Use of Funds by xAI The funds raised by xAI are reportedly intended for purchasing 100,000 Nvidia chips to support AI model training and development, as well as for infrastructure and further AI research. ## Investors in xAI Investors in xAI's latest funding round reportedly include Qatar Investment Authority, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz. Other sources also mention BlackRock and Fidelity as participants. ## xAI Headquarters xAI is headquartered in California, United States. ## Mission of xAI xAI's mission is to advance human understanding of the universe by developing advanced artificial intelligence technologies aimed at accelerating scientific discovery. ## Integration of Grok Grok is integrated into the X platform (formerly Twitter), where it is available to premium users. As of late 2024, it was made accessible to all X users. ## Colossus Supercomputer Colossus is a supercomputer being built by xAI in Memphis, Tennessee. It is described as one of the largest AI training systems in the world, equipped with over 200,000 GPUs. ## Functionalities of xAI's AI Model xAI's AI model offers several functionalities, including answering questions, generating text and images (via the Aurora image generation model), supporting multi-step research projects with features like DeepSearch, and training advanced AI models such as the upcoming Grok 3. ### Citation sources: - [xAI](https://x.ai/company) - Official URL Updated: 2025-04-01