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xAI is set to spend $18B+ to acquire ~300K Nvidia chips for Colossus 2 project

https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-xai-memphis-tennessee-power-dec4c70d
7•donsupreme•4mo ago

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al_borland•4mo ago
I can only assume Grok prices will increase again as a result.

I had an X subscription just to get rid of adds, and it came with Grok as a side effect. In the one year that I signed up for, the price more than doubled. I cancelled the subscription and stopped using the site as a result. It runs out any day now.

Getting insane price hikes to fund these AI data centers, when all I cared about was not having ads, doesn’t sit well with me.

grim_io•4mo ago
Xai is probably burning cash like crazy now.

Who is paying for it when they are giving away the coder and 4-fast model away for free?

Seems like a desperate grab for a low-spend part of the customer base.

What's the grand plan? Xai ist playing catch-up in the model game, yet their competitors have moved beyond, building products on top and becoming platforms to rival existing giants.