xAI is expanding its product lineup with the launch of Grok Bot, while massively scaling up its own data center infrastructure and simultaneously facing several legal disputes. At the same time, a former xAI co-founder is making headlines with his own AI startup: River AI closed a $1.1 billion funding round in just two months.
- xAI has launched Grok Bot as a public beta; the service costs $120 per month, according to VentureBeat.
- According to Unite.AI, Grok Bot offers 'Always-On AI Teammates' with their own cloud computers that work continuously in the background.
- According to BASENOR, xAI is building a new data center called 'Minihard' in Tennessee and equipping it with 220,000 GB300 GPUs.
- According to Law360, X.AI is seeking to continue a lawsuit against the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, and is also fighting a $1 million fee demand from OpenAI in a trade secrets dispute.
- xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin has raised $1.1 billion for his two-month-old startup River AI, led by General Catalyst, according to TechCrunch.
What is Grok Bot and how much does it cost?
According to xAI's official announcement, Grok Bot is a new agent product that VentureBeat describes as 'persistent digital coworkers' capable of independently operating apps on behalf of users. The service costs $120 per month, according to VentureBeat. Unite.AI calls Grok Bot 'Always-On AI Teammates With Their Own Cloud Computers,' while Interesting Engineering describes the service as a '24/7 coworker' that keeps working even while the user sleeps. According to BASENOR, the public beta is already live.
How aggressively is xAI expanding its data center capacity?
Alongside the product launch, xAI is investing heavily in compute infrastructure. According to BASENOR, the company is building a data center called 'Minihard' in Tennessee and equipping it with 220,000 GB300 GPUs.
What legal disputes is xAI currently involved in?
According to Law360, X.AI is seeking to have a lawsuit against the mother of one of Elon Musk's children continue. Additionally, according to Law360, xAI is fighting a $1 million fee demand from OpenAI as part of a trade secrets dispute.
What's the story behind River AI?
River AI was founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin and, according to TechCrunch, is only two months old. The startup closed a $1.1 billion funding round led by General Catalyst to develop custom AI models, according to AnalyticsIndiaMag. The company's slogan, according to Wowtale, is 'Own Your Intelligence.'
Taken together, the current news cycle shows just how broadly xAI is currently positioned: a product launch with Grok Bot, aggressive infrastructure expansion in Tennessee, several ongoing court cases — and a former co-founder independently raising huge sums with River AI.
