Xai CEO Elon Musk paid rival Google a rare tribute on Wednesday.
“Outside of real-world AI, Google has the largest computing (and data) advantage so far, so it's most likely to be a leader,” Musk wrote in XPost.
But that “may change in a few years,” he added.
“In the near future, major AI companies will continue to thrive just like Xai. There's a lot to do!” Musk wrote.
Musk and Google did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Google has long been the mainstay of AI.
In 2017, Google Research released a paper titled “Caution is required.” This inventive work introduced the concept of The Transformer, techniques that enhance large-scale language models such as ChatGpt.
Search giants are also investing in AI startups such as humanity and safe emergency situations. Google owns a 14% stake in Anthropic, a startup founded by former Openai employees, with each legal declaration acquired by the New York Times.
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Google continues to invest heavily in AI. During a second quarter revenue call last month, the company said it was increasing its capital expenditure this year by $10 billion to $85 billion. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the increase in capital expenditures will help meet the increased demand for chips and Google's AI products.
Last year, Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis was one of three Nobel Prize-winning researchers in chemistry. Hassavis and his colleague, John Jumper, were recognized in Google Deepmind's study on protein structure prediction.
Musk's comments come as he continues to escalate his feud with Sam Altman and Openry. On Monday, Musk said he would take “immediate legal action” against Apple after saying Xai was Apple's bias against Openai in Apple's rankings. An Apple spokesman told Business Insider on Tuesday that the App Store is “designed to be fair and unbiased.”
Musk and Altman co-founded Openai in 2015, but their relationship deteriorated after Musk left the board in 2018. Last year, Musk sued Openai and accused the ChatGPT maker of violating its non-profit mission when partnering with Microsoft.
Musk launched his own AI startup Xai in July 2023, and debuted chatbot Grok later that year. Xai raised over $12 billion in Series A, B and C funding rounds in 2024, valued at $50 billion reported.
Last month, Musk said at X that he would ask his EV company Tesla to vote on whether or not to invest in Xai. He did not specify when the vote would take place.
“It's not up to me. If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in Xai a long time ago,” Musk wrote to X on July 13th.
