xAI Builds Supercomputer with Dell to Power Chatbot 'Grok'

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, revealed that he is collaborating with computer and server company Dell to build a supercomputer for the AI startup xAI.

On the 19th (local time), Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "Dell is assembling half of the racks going into the supercomputer that xAI is building." When an X user later asked, "Who is assembling the other half besides Dell?" Musk replied, "Super Micro Computer."

A supercomputer is created by connecting high-performance computer servers on a large scale. The racks, which serve as the framework for the servers, contain various equipment such as power management devices and cooling systems to dissipate heat.

Dell has been recognized as a beneficiary stock of AI by manufacturing and selling servers and related equipment equipped with NVIDIA chips. Dell's stock price has risen 99% so far this year through the previous day. Super Micro Computer, which possesses liquid cooling system technology that lowers the heat in data centers, saw its stock price increase by 222% so far this year through the previous day.

Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but sold all his investment shares three years later. Last year, he established xAI to compete against OpenAI's "ChatGPT." Within four months of its founding, xAI launched Grok and announced bold investment plans, emerging as a major customer in the AI-related equipment industry.

At the end of last month, xAI succeeded in raising an additional $6 billion in investment, boosting its corporate value to around $24 billion.

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