xAI

xAI is Elon Musk's AI startup, founded in March 2023 and publicly announced in July 2023, focused on building large language models and AI products under the Grok brand. The company merged with SpaceX in early 2026 and has experienced significant leadership turnover, with 9 of its 12 original co-founders departing by March 2026. Its Grok chatbot and models are integrated into X (formerly Twitter) and have been adopted on platforms such as the Pentagon's GenAI.mil.

Company Info

Founded
2023
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founders
Elon Musk, Igor Babuschkin, Manuel Kroiss, Yuhuai Wu, Christian Szegedy, Jimmy Ba, Toby Pohlen, Ross Nordeen, Kyle Kosic, Guodong Zhang, Zihang Dai, Greg Yang
Employees
1000+
Website
https://x.ai
Status
active

Funding

$12B+ total

Products

Grok 6

Grok is xAI's AI assistant product and chatbot, built on top of its own Grok family of large language models. Available via grok.com and integrated into the X (formerly Twitter) platform, it provides real-time web and X-data search, image generation, voice interaction, and long-context reasoning. It has been deployed in enterprise and government contexts, including the U.S. military's GenAI.mil platform.

general-purpose