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xAI
AI company founded by Elon Musk building the Grok model family and large-scale training infrastructure for real-time assistants.
Last reviewed: 31 July 2026
Quick facts
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Ownership
- Private
- Open source
- No
- Flagship model
- Grok
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Company profile
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- San Francisco Bay Area / Memphis training cluster, USA
- Founders
- Elon Musk
- CEO
- Elon Musk
- Funding
- Private
- Ownership
- Private
- Country
- United States
- Open source
- No
- Cloud provider
- No
- Website
- https://x.ai
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