Elon Musk has made a big announcement related to his artificial intelligence startup xAI after it entered into an AI-powered partnership with Anthropic on Wednesday.
Taking over Moving forward, the company’s AI efforts will operate under the umbrella of “SpaceXAI.”
The strategic restructuring in the AI ​​ecosystem follows a major computer deal with Dario Amodei’s Anthropic, allowing it access to Colossus 1, described as one of the world’s largest and fastest deployed AI supercomputers.
The move is also in line with Musk’s vision of integrating high-level AI with space infrastructure, including orbital data centers.
“XAI will be dissolved as a separate company, so it will just be SpaceXAI, SpaceX’s AI product,” Musk revealed in a tweet.
Musk founded xAI in 2023, designed to develop AI products including chatbots and compete with other tech rivals like Google and OpenAI. However, since the controversy surrounding the Grok missus, the company has struggled to keep pace with other industry leaders.
In February, SpaceX acquired XAI in a significant merger designed to develop “the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth with AI, rockets, space-based internet.”
In recent months, xAI has seen a period of instability as 11 of the 12 original co-founders left the company, leaving Musk to take charge of the company.
This merger is also related to Musk’s goal of building a data center in space. By streamlining AI at SpaceX, he simplifies the corporate structure ahead of the estimated $1.5 trillion SpaceX IPO.
