xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

[t2van]

Not a solution post I know just felt ai news felt like the right place to post here

xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app | TechCrunch

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday said Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is investing $300 million worth of cash and equity in the chat app.

techcrunch.com

Telegram has struck a partnership with Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, to distribute the latter’s chatbot, Grok, via Telegram and integrate it into apps available on the chat app’s platform for one year.

xAI will pay $300 million in cash and equity to the chat app as part of the deal, Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov said on Tuesday.

Durov said Telegram will also earn 50% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions purchased through the app.

 

[Steve]

I actually like grok so that’s pretty cool

 

[AOT]

I love telegram. Cool collaboration

 

[UnusualSubstance]

Grok is epic.

Telegram is epic.

Nice fusion of both epicness.

 

[Boostify]

Great collaboration

 

[IMGuy]

That would be a great combination. But why only one year?