Sources say xAI used Claude models for distillation and training, including using personal accounts and the intermediary service Blackbox AI after being cut off
Sources say xAI used Claude models for distillation and training, including using personal accounts and the intermediary service Blackbox AI after being cut off
SpaceX's AI lab has had a chaotic year so far, churning through leaders and staff before bringing in outside help in an effort to catch up to Anthropic in coding.
Elon Musk petitioned the FTC in May to end its 2022 order restricting Twitter's data use, claiming Twitter no longer exists as X merged with xAI and then SpaceX
Critics hope to keep Elon Musk from escaping a strict data-privacy order imposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shortly before he took over Twitter.
Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI collectively worth $9.9M+, ahead of SpaceX's IPO
But It Just Posted a $4.28 Billion Quarterly LossLinkedIn:Alex Dryden, CFA:All 10 of the largest companies in the S&P 500 could soon be tech and AI firms... SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are all repor...
Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI collectively worth $9.9M+, ahead of SpaceX's IPO
SpaceX's initial public offering will likely make President Donald Trump's already wealthy administration even richer.
Analysis: 10 Trump officials, including special envoy Steve Witkoff, reported holding stakes in SpaceX or xAI collectively worth $9.9M+, ahead of SpaceX's IPO
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Elon Musk says Anthropic's Colossus deal is “a 180 day lease with 90 day notice”; SpaceX's S-1 said Anthropic “agreed to pay a monthly fee through May 2029”
Earlier this month, xAI signed a major compute deal with Anthropic, pledging billions of dollars a month …
SpaceX S-1: xAI had a $6.4B operating loss on $3.2B in revenue in 2025; Grok and X had 550M MAUs combined as of March 2026, and 117M used Grok's AI features
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SpaceX S-1: xAI plans to buy another $2.8B worth of turbines for its data centers, including a $2B deal for mobile gas turbines, the type NAACP is suing it for
Tim De Chant /TechCrunch: