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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $10 billion in debt and equity as it steps up challenge to OpenAI

  • Elon Musk's AI startup xAI completed a $10 billion raise in debt and equity as of July 1, 2025, to boost its AI development.
  • XAI secured $5 billion in debt through oversubscribed secured notes and term loans led by Morgan Stanley amid tepid investor demand.
  • The equity raise of $5 billion supports xAI's Grok AI platform, data center expansion, and installation of 200,000 GPUs at its Memphis facility.
  • Musk described Grok as a "maximally truth-seeking" and "anti-woke" AI, aiming to differentiate it from competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic.
  • This funding strengthens xAI's position in the intensifying AI industry race, with discussions ongoing to raise up to $20 billion, possibly valuing xAI above $120 billion.
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DECRYPTAGE - The publisher wants to stay in the race against OpenAI, Google or Anthropic. Yet his Grok family of models struggles to find its place in companies.

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