xAi Funding: Elon Musk Artificial Intelligence Company Raises $10 Billion

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has secured a staggering $10 billion in fresh funding, fueling its ambitious plans to solidify its position in the AI space. With $5 billion raised through secured debt and another $5 billion from strategic equity investments, xAI is poised to accelerate the development of its cutting-edge AI infrastructure.

Elon Musk’s xAi Secures $10B for AI Dominance

According to a CNBC report today, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has raised a combined $10 billion in debt and equity. On Monday, Morgan Stanley revealed that xAI secured $5 billion through secured notes and term loans, while also obtaining a separate $5 billion strategic equity investment. The platform’s initiative focuses on challenging OpenAI’s dominance in the space.

Notably, the funding is focused on the platform’s AI infrastructure and its dominance in the space. These include the expansion of its Memphis-based Colossus supercomputer and the advancement of its conversational AI platform, Grok. Morgan Stanley stated, “The proceeds will support xAI’s continued development of cutting-edge AI solutions, including one of the world’s largest data center and its flagship Grok platform.”

It is noteworthy that this major development comes on the heels of the escalating Donald Trump-Elon Musk feud. Earlier today, Trump criticized Musk, saying that his success is largely due to government subsidies.

Trump threatened Musk with a potential DOGE investigation into his businesses. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “No more Rocket launches, Satellites, or Electric Car Production, and our Country would save a FORTUNE. Perhaps we should have DOGE take a good, hard, look at this? BIG MONEY TO BE SAVED!!” In response, Musk wrote, “I am literally saying CUT IT ALL. Now.”

xAI’s Ambitious Plans

XaI continues its successful journey since its launch in March 2023, rapidly becoming one of the most valuable AI startups in the world. Elon Musk’s acquisition of X has further bolstered the growth of the AI platform, with the data-rich platform to train and test its AI models. CoinGape earlier reported that Elon Musk’s xAi joined hands with Pavel Durov’s Telegram to bring Grok AI to the messenger users.

In addition to this $10 billion funding, Elon Musk’s AI platform is reportedly in talks to secure $20 billion in equity funding. If successful, this funding could value the company at over $120 billion, with some investors estimating its worth could reach as high as $200 billion.

This significant funding will likely fuel xAI’s ambitions to scale aggressively, develop more sophisticated AI models like Grok, and expand its infrastructure, positioning it among prominent private AI startups rivaling companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. It also highlights the increasing investor interest in foundation model players.