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Musk’s xAI Startup Swallows Up X Social Network in Surprise Deal

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This photo illustration taken on January 13, 2025 in Toulouse shows screens displaying the logos of xAI and Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, the American company specializing in artificial intelligence and it’s founder South African businessman Elon Musk. Musk on March 28, 2025 said his artificial intelligence startup xAI is buying his social networking platform X in a deal valuing the company once known as Twitter at $33 billion.

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