Elon Musk wants xAI to build the world's most powerful supercomputer using Nvidia chips

Billionaire Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion in a new funding round, with Musk personally investing $750 million. The company, which is now valued at $24 billion, plans to build a supercomputer powered by Nvidia's H100 GPUs, which Musk has referred to as a "gigafactory of compute." Musk reportedly told investors that xAI's cluster would be more than four times as large as Meta's, and the company is also purchasing Nvidia's new Blackwell chip.

xAI is considering partnering with Oracle, a company co-founded by Musk's friend Larry Ellison, to build the supercomputer and may spend $10 billion to rent its cloud servers in the coming years. Despite the ambitious plans, the company's current product is a chatbot named Grok. Musk is seeking to expand the company and is hiring for several roles in San Francisco and London.

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xAI, a company in which Elon Musk has invested, has raised $6 billion in a new funding round and is now valued at $24 billion.
Musk plans to build a supercomputer for xAI, powered by a large cluster of Nvidia's H100 GPUs, which he claims will be four times larger than Meta's.
xAI is considering partnering with Oracle, a company co-founded by Musk's friend Larry Ellison, to build the supercomputer and may spend $10 billion to rent its cloud servers in the future.
Despite the ambitious plans, xAI's expansion is still in its early stages, with the company currently hiring for several roles in San Francisco and London.

Elon Musk wants xAI to build the world's most powerful supercomputer using Nvidia chips

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