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Musk incorporated a company named X.AI on March 9, according to Nevada business records.
For the new project, Musk has secured thousands of high-powered GPU processors from Nvidia, said people with knowledge of the move.
Musk is recruiting engineers from top AI labs including DeepMind, according to those with knowledge of his plans, who said he began to explore the idea of a rival company earlier this year in response to the rapid progress of OpenAI.
Musk has brought on Igor Babuschkin, a former DeepMind employee, and roughly half a dozen other engineers. The Information previously reported Babuschkin’s early talks with Musk.
The new company would allow Musk to take on OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed
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