Elon Musk's xAI Secures $6B for Major Supercomputer Expansion in Memphis

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Source: Benzinga
Elon Musk's xAI Secures $6B for Major Supercomputer Expansion in Memphis
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Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, plans to expand its Colossus supercomputer by over tenfold, aiming to compete with major players like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The expansion will involve over 1 million GPUs and is already underway in Memphis, with support from companies like Nvidia and Dell. This move highlights the intense competition in the AI industry for computing power, as companies race to secure resources for training large-language models. xAI, valued at $45 billion, is rapidly gaining ground in the AI sector.

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