Editing XAI (section)

== History ==

xAI was incorporated in Nevada on March 9, 2023, with Elon Musk listed as the sole director. The company was officially announced by Musk on July 12, 2023 (a date chosen in part because 7 + 12 + 23 = 42, referencing ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'').

The founding team included AI researchers from DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft Research, and Tesla. Initial headquarters were in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Key milestones include:
* '''November 2023''': Launch of the first Grok model (Grok-1).
* '''2024''': Release of Grok-1.5 and Grok-2; rapid construction of the initial Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee.
* '''2025''': Launch of Grok-3 (February) and Grok-4 (July); major expansion of Colossus to hundreds of thousands of GPUs, with plans scaling toward one million GPU equivalents.
* '''2025–2026''': Multiple large funding rounds, including a $20 billion Series E in early 2026; launch of multimodal capabilities such as Grok Imagine for image and video generation.
* '''February 2, 2026''': [[SpaceX]] announced the acquisition of xAI, integrating the companies to accelerate humanity's multi-planetary and scientific future.

By early 2026, xAI had grown significantly in team size and infrastructure, with major operations centered around its Memphis supercomputer facilities.