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SpaceX acquires xAI

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Source: xAI: xAI joins SpaceX

SpaceX announced that it had acquired xAI, the developer of Grok. Its site now carries the SpaceXSI name (legal entity SpaceXAI LLC).

Why it matters

Grok, X’s AI features and the Colossus clusters now sit inside SpaceX, a major US government contractor.

When
2 Feb 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0153
Who
SpaceX, xAI

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from xAI. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at xAI

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextxAI releases Grok 4.7 on a larger base model at Grok 4.6 prices

Cite this story

WTA-N-2026-0153: “SpaceX acquires xAI.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Feb 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-spacex-acquires-xai-2026-02/ (source: xAI: xAI joins SpaceX).

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