Musk pursues fresh funding to turbocharge xAI’s billion-dollar ambitions

April 21, 2025, 10:20 pm

Elon Musk is reportedly exploring new funding avenues for xAI, with insider sources hinting at a potential revenue run rate north of US$1 billion. This bold funding push underscores Musk’s relentless drive to reframe the AI landscape, even if it means shaking loose a few billion-dollar butterflies along the way.


tomshardware.com / Speculation mounts that Musk will raise tens of billions for AI supercomputer with 1 million GPUs: Report

Elon Musk is reportedly seeking to raise up to tens of billions of dollars for xAI as part of an effort to revalue the company at $150 billion — $200 billion and fund the Colossus 2 supercomputer project with one million GPUs.

techinasia.com / Musk eyes new funding for xAI: sources

Sources also indicated that xAI discussed a possible revenue run rate exceeding US$1 billion during the call.


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