Telegram to Distribute Grok Chatbot to s After $300 Million xAI Deal 6v1y18 Technology News

Durov said xAI will only access data that Telegram s explicitly share with Grok through direct interactions. 106k2m

By Reuters | Updated: 29 May 2025 14:12 IST

Telegram to Distribute Grok Chatbot to s After $300 Million xAI Deal

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xAI has entered several tie-ups this year to bolster its position in AI infra, financial services

Highlights

The deal could provide xAI with valuable data
xAI will use the data to train and develop its AI models.
Telegram chief Pavel Durov has confirmed the deal

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Elon Musk's AI startup xAI will pay Telegram $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,564 crore) to deploy its Grok chatbot on the messaging app, aiming to tap the platform's more than one billion s and sharpen its competitive edge in the booming artificial intelligence market.

Under the one-year deal, Pavel Durov said in a post on X earlier on Wednesday, adding that the $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,564 crore) will be paid in cash and stock.

Durov said xAI will only access data that Telegram s explicitly share with Grok through direct interactions.

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Musk said no deal has been signed in a reply to the post on X, to which Durov said the parties have agreed in principle but formalities were pending.

The deal could provide xAI, which acquired X earlier this year, with valuable data to train and develop its AI models.

With many open-source repositories exhausted, AI companies face increasing challenges in sourcing quality data, pushing firms such as Meta Platforms to utilise public interactions with AI for model training.

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According to its , X uses public posts from s to train its AI models. It was not immediately clear if xAI would utilize data from Telegram similarly.

XAI, which has entered several tie-ups this year to bolster its position in both AI infrastructure and financial services, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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