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Tesla disclosed that, alongside its approximately $2 billion investment in xAI, the companies entered a framework agreement for evaluating potential collaborations, with specific projects subject to separate negotiations and approvals.
xAI and El Salvador announced a nationwide AI education programme.
xAI launched Grok for Excel, a free Microsoft 365 add-in that lets users ask questions, write formulas, run scenarios, and work with Grok inside Excel. The announcement also states that the add-in is available through the Microsoft Marketplace and is available for Word and PowerPoint.
SpaceXAI, the current publisher identity associated with Grok, signed an agreement to provide Anthropic access to its Colossus 1 AI supercomputer. Anthropic plans to use the compute to improve capacity for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers.
xAI expanded Grok Bot access to Cursor Pro, Cursor Pro+, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams plans, making the agent available within the Cursor ecosystem.
xAI and Databricks partnered to make Grok models natively available on Databricks Agent Bricks, giving enterprises a governed platform for building agents with their data.
xAI announced that Grok Voice enables Starlink’s phone sales and customer support experience, handling multilingual support, onboarding, troubleshooting, replacements, and service credits.
xAI announced a framework agreement with Saudi Arabia and HUMAIN to build hyperscale GPU data centers and deploy Grok nationwide, including integration into HUMAIN ONE for government and enterprise workflows.
xAI announced that Grok Bot users can connect their X accounts and use an X connector and plugin to search posts, read timelines, check mentions, pull trends, and manage bookmarks.
xAI announced a landmark partnership involving Saudi Arabia and HUMAIN to expand Grok's availability and presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
xAI announced an agreement with Anthropic to provide access to Colossus 1 compute infrastructure.
xAI announced a partnership with the Government of El Salvador to develop a nationwide AI education program using Grok and related AI capabilities.
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