tech
January 8, 2026
xAI Raises $20B Series E
xAI is rapidly accelerating its progress in building advanced AI.
TL;DR
- xAI raised $20 billion in its Series E funding round, exceeding its $15 billion target.
- Investors include Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, Baron Capital Group, NVIDIA, and Cisco Investments.
- The company expanded its AI supercomputers (Colossus I and II) to over one million H100 GPU equivalents.
- Key advancements include the Grok 4 Series frontier language models, Grok Voice agent, and Grok Imagine for image/video generation.
- Grok is now leveraged on the π platform for real-time world understanding.
- xAI reaches approximately 600 million monthly active users across π and Grok apps.
- Future plans include the development of Grok 5 and innovative consumer/enterprise products.
- Funding will accelerate infrastructure buildout, product development, and research.
- xAI is actively hiring for mission-oriented individuals.
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