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xAI

Artificial-intelligence company that The Irish Times calls Elon Musk’s AI startup; acquired by SpaceX in February 2026.

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Also known as
X.AI Corp, xAI Corp.

xAI raised a $6 billion Series C round in December 2024 with BlackRock among the named investors, joined the AI Infrastructure Partnership in March 2025, and was acquired by SpaceX in February 2026.

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member of

  • AI Infrastructure Partnership 19 Mar 2025 Primary record 1

    Announced on 19 March 2025 by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and MGX.

investors

  • BlackRock 23 Dec 2024 Primary record 2

    xAI names BlackRock among the investors in its $6 billion Series C round. It does not say which BlackRock funds took part or how much.

stakeholders

  • Elon Musk 2 Feb 2026 Scholarship & press 3

    The Irish Times calls xAI “his AI startup”. The size of any stake is not given here.

acquired by

  • SpaceX 2 Feb 2026 Scholarship & press 3
Timeline 4 dates
  1. 23 Dec 2024 BlackRock invested in xAI
  2. 19 Mar 2025 xAI member of AI Infrastructure Partnership
  3. 2 Feb 2026 Elon Musk owns a stake in xAI
  4. 2 Feb 2026 SpaceX acquired xAI
Proof 3 sources
  1. BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX welcome NVIDIA and xAI to the AI Infrastructure Partnership, BlackRock, 19 Mar 2025. Primary record
    BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, Microsoft, and MGX today announced that NVIDIA and xAI will join the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership
  2. xAI raises $6B Series C, xAI, 23 Dec 2024. Primary record
    We have closed our Series C funding round of $6 billion with participation from key investors including A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Vy Capital, amongst others
  3. Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, giving company a combined valuation of $1.25tn, The Irish Times, 2 Feb 2026. Scholarship & press
    merged the site with his AI startup xAI in a $33 billion deal.
    SpaceX has acquired xAI, in a deal that encompasses
    form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world’s foremost real-time information and free speech platform
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