xAI Raises $20B More
Musk’s xAI lands record $20B Series E, rockets to $200B valuation
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Musk Just Received $20 Billion at the Start of the Year!
That’s right, xAI’s long-rumored funding round has finally been finalized—
Not the previously reported $15 billion, but exceeding $20 billion.
Moreover, in this Series E funding round, NVIDIA and Cisco continue to support Musk as “strategic investors”.
Here’s an interesting side story. In October 2025, when xAI’s new funding round was exposed, Jensen Huang revealed in an interview:
NVIDIA has already invested in xAI, the only regret is not giving xAI more investment.
At that time, NVIDIA was reportedly investing $2 billion, which indeed seemed small compared to the $100 billion Huang gave to OpenAI. It’s unclear whether this round makes up for that regret.
Including this funding round, xAI’s valuation is expected to soar from $50 billion at the end of 2024 to over $200 billion, nearly quadrupling in just one year.
No wonder netizens believe this event not only demonstrates xAI’s financial success but, more importantly, shows that the AI boom continues.
In the comments section, netizens also brought up Grok 5 mentioned in xAI’s announcement, hoping that Musk, the “big leaker,” would drop more bombshells.
After all, the official announcement has already revealed that Grok 5 is in training...
