SpaceX S-1 Reveals Anthropic's $15B Annual Compute Deal
SpaceX's IPO filing discloses that Anthropic will pay $1.25 billion per month for compute across both Colossus data centers through May 2029, totaling roughly $45 billion.
Articles Tagged "XAI"
xAI Runs 46 Gas Turbines Near Memphis - NAACP Sues
xAI operates 46 gas turbines at its Southaven data center power plant, five above its state permit, as the NAACP seeks an emergency court order over Clean Air Act violations.
xAI Opens Grok 4.3 API: 83% Price Cut, Video Input
xAI opened Grok 4.3 to all API developers on May 6 with an 83% output price cut, 1M-token context, native video input, and document generation - plus five legacy models retiring May 15.
Musk Admits xAI Distilled OpenAI Models for Grok
Under oath in the Musk v. Altman trial, Musk said xAI 'partly' distilled OpenAI's models to train Grok - the same practice US labs have spent months calling theft when Chinese firms do it.
Grok 4.3
Grok 4.3 Beta adds native video input and document generation to xAI's flagship, with a confirmed 0.5T-parameter checkpoint and 2M-token context window, at $300/month for SuperGrok Heavy subscribers.
SpaceX Secures $60B Option to Acquire Cursor This Year
SpaceX disclosed a deal granting it the right to buy AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion in 2026, or pay $10 billion for shared development work, deepening Elon Musk's grip on the developer toolchain.
Grok 4.20 Review: Four Minds Are Better Than One
xAI's Grok 4.20 replaces the single-model approach with four specialized agents that debate before every answer - a bold architectural bet that pays off in some areas and stumbles in others.
Intel Joins Musk's $25B Terafab as Foundry Partner
Intel will use its 18A process node to manufacture chips for the Tesla-SpaceX-xAI joint venture targeting 1 terawatt of AI compute annually - and claims $2B in CHIPS Act subsidies in the process.
Project Apex: SpaceX Files for Record $1.75T IPO
SpaceX filed a confidential S-1 targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation and up to $75 billion raised - the largest IPO in history, built on Starlink revenue and the xAI merger.
Grok 4.20
Grok 4.20 is xAI's current flagship LLM with a 2M-token context window, native multi-agent mode, and reasoning toggle at $2.00/M input tokens.
AI Claims 80% of Record $300B VC Quarter
Q1 2026 set an all-time venture capital record with $300 billion invested globally, and AI startups captured $242 billion of it - four mega-rounds alone accounted for 64% of every dollar deployed.
xAI 'Not Built Right' - Nine Co-Founders Gone
Elon Musk admitted xAI was built incorrectly as nine of eleven co-founders have departed and two Cursor engineers are brought in to restart Grok's coding tools.
