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Elon Musk ’s AI company , xAI , is reportedly preparing to release a stand - alone consumer app .
That’saccordingto The Wall Street Journal , which report that the upcoming app will be similar to OpenAI’sChatGPT , grant users to access xAI’sGrokchatbot from their personal devices .
The app will likely arrive after xAI close its next financing round , which could reach $ 5 billion and prize the company at $ 50 billion , perthe Financial Times — double its valuation six months ago . Musk issaidto have given investors who back his $ 44 billion Twitteracquisition25 % ( oraccessto up to 25 % ) of the shares in xAI to reward their loyalty .
According to the FT , some of Musk ’s backer — let in Fidelity , Oracle carbon monoxide - beginner Larry Ellison , and Twitter beginner Jack Dorsey — could be made whole through part in xAI thanks to the startup ’s massive rise in value .
When xAI ’s backing round of golf closes , the company will have raised about $ 11 billion .
