Under the one-year deal, xAI will also give Telegram half of any subscription sales made through the messaging app, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said in a Wednesday post on X, adding that the $300 million will be paid in cash and stock.
The deal could provide xAI, which acquired X earlier this year in a deal that values the social media platform at $33 billion, 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 like Meta Platforms to utilize public interactions with AI for model training.
According to its privacy policy, X uses public posts from users to train its AI models. It was not immediately clear if xAI would utilize data from Telegram similarly, Reuters reported.
XAI has signed several tie-ups this year to bolster its position in both AI infrastructure and financial services.
FAQs
Q1. Who owns AI start-up xAI?
A1. Elon Musk owns AI start-up xAI.
Q2. Who is founder of Telegram?
A2. Telegram founder is Pavel Durov.