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xAI

Frontier AI Lab
Founded Jul 2023 (2 years old)HQ: Palo Alto, CAx.ai

Also known as: xAI Corp, X.AI

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xAI is an artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in July 2023 with the stated mission to "understand the true nature of the universe" through AI.

Revenue
$3.8B
as of 2025
Valuation
$230B
as of Jan 2026
Headcount
4,000
as of 2025
Total Funding Raised
$26B
as of Jan 2026
AI Models
2

Key Metrics

Valuation

$230BJan 2026
Valuation chart. Post-money valuation: $50B in 2024 to $230B in 2026.$0$66B$132B$198B$264B202420252026Series BSeries CSeries ESeries CSeries E

Revenue (ARR)

$200M2025
Revenue (ARR) chart. Annual run rate: $3.8B in 2025 to $200M in 2025.$0$1.1B$2.2B$3.3B$4.4B2025

Headcount

4K2025
Headcount chart. Employees: 200 in 2024 to 4K in 2025.01.1K2.3K3.5K4.6K20242025

Funding Rounds

$42Btotal raised
Funding Rounds. Seed (Dec 2023): $135M raised; Series B (May 2024): $6B raised; Series C (Dec 2024): $6B raised; Debt Financing (Jul 2025): $5B raised; Series D (Jul 2025): $5B raised; Series E (Jan 2026): $20B raised. Total: $42B.$0$5.8B$12B$17B$23B2023202420252026SeedSeries BSeries CDebt FinancingSeries DSeries E
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Financial
Total Funding Raised$26B
Valuation$230B
Product Revenue$88M
Headcount4,000
Revenue$3.8B
People
Founded ByElon Musk
Biographical
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company)
Products & Usage
User Count64 million
Benchmark Score1,402
Model Parameters2.7 trillion
Cumulative Downloads100 million
Organization
Legal StructureSubsidiary of SpaceX
Founded DateJul 2023
HeadquartersPalo Alto, CA
General
Websitehttps://x.ai

Prediction Markets

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Analysis

Intervention Timing WindowsElon Musk (Funder)

Policy

Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act

Concepts

Labs OverviewAGI RaceFrontier Ai ComparisonAgi DevelopmentAI Content Moderation

Organizations

xAI and Musk Political InfluenceMeta AI (FAIR)Google DeepMind

Other

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Risks

Concentrated Compute as a Cybersecurity RiskFinancial Stability Risks from AI Capital Expenditure

Key Debates

AI Structural Risk Cruxes

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