Telegram secures $300 million plus 50% of on-platform xAI subscription sales in exchange for implementing Grok for a year. The Grok LLM chatbot could add a host of AI-powered functions like smart ...

Telegram and Elon Musk’s xAI have entered into a partnership to integrate the Grok AI chatbot into the encrypted secure messaging service. Through the collaboration, Telegram will soon offer ...

(Reuters) -Elon Musk's AI startup xAI will pay Telegram $300 million to deploy its Grok chatbot on the messaging app, aiming to tap the platform's more than one billion users and sharpen its ...

Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, took to X to announce a one-year partnership with Elon Musk's startup xAI earlier today. In his post, he stated that all Telegram users will gain access to Grok X's AI ...

Telegram, with an estimated 1 billion active users, will receive $300 million in cash and equity from xAI to integrate Grok into Telegram apps for 12 months.

So Telegram users will be able to access a good range of Grok functionalities, which will expand the potential usage of Grok to a huge new audience. And xAI is paying for that privilege.

Telegram is also getting 50% of the revenue from any Grok subscriptions purchased through the app, which could turn this into one of the most lucrative crossovers in chatbot history.

xAI, Telegram Eye Grok Expansion - 05/30/2025. Elon Musk's xAI is looking to expand its Grok chatbot beyond X, currently courting a 1-year partnership with social messaging service Telegram.

The chatbot, promoted by billionaire "free speech absolutist" and X owner Elon Musk, last went off the rails in May after a mystery person pulled some levers behind the scenes to have the chatbot ...

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is teaming up with Telegram to integrate its Grok chatbot into the messaging platform, Reuters reported. As part of the deal, xAI will pay Telegram $300 ...

by Colin Kirkland, May 29, 2025 ; Elon Musk’s xAI is looking to expand its Grok chatbot beyond X, currently courting a 1-year partnership with social messaging service Telegram.