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As of May 18, 2026
Hacker News mentions increased 93.1% over the last 30 days. Hacker News is discussion volume, not adoption.
xAI
Elon Musk's AI company. Builds Grok chatbot and foundation models.
Foundation ModelsFounded January 2023#5 of 17 in Foundation Models
Updated May 29, 2026
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Company profile
What is xAI?
xAI builds Grok, an AI assistant integrated into X (Twitter). Founded by Elon Musk with ex-OpenAI and DeepMind researchers. Focus on truth-seeking AI.
History
Research history
3 research updates
Foundation Models
xAI: Hacker News mentions increased 93.1% over the last 30 days
LatestFoundation Models
xAI: Hacker News mentions increased 106.2% over the last 30 days
1 metricFoundation Models
xAI: Hacker News mentions increased 106% over the last 30 days
1 metricLatest company data
Primary data point
Downloads
5.8M/30d
- npm
- 5.8M
- PyPI
- 835
Tracked packages: npm @ai-sdk/xai; PyPI xai
▲ +16%npm + PyPI: Updated 1d ago
Other data points
Dependent projects
388
Projects depending on tracked package: npm @ai-sdk/xai
Updated 8h ago
GitHub stars
51.7K
Main repository stars
Updated 8h ago
Hacker News
846/30d
Position #4 in category discussion
Updated 8h ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
0
Repository usage
Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to xAI.
Repos importingMetric: Public GitHub repos using company packagesSource: ecosyste.ms Packages APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Public GitHub dependency data only; private repos and direct API use outside those packages are not visible.Methodology →
240%
About xAI
xAI builds Grok, an AI assistant integrated into X (Twitter). Founded by Elon Musk with ex-OpenAI and DeepMind researchers. Focus on truth-seeking AI.
FounderElon Musk
Funding
$42.0B · 4 roundsRaised $42.0B total. Category position #5 of 17 in Foundation Models.
Series E2026
$20.0BSeries D2025
$10.0BSeries C2024
$6.0BSeries B2024
$6.0BAndreessen Horowitz, Vy Capital, Valor Equity Partners
Investors
Andreessen HorowitzValor Equity PartnersVy Capital
Tracked packages (2)
1 npm, 1 PyPI
@ai-sdk/xai
npmMain npm package@ai-sdk/xai
Elon Musk's AI company. Builds Grok chatbot and foundation models.
xai
PyPIMain PyPI packagexai
Elon Musk's AI company. Builds Grok chatbot and foundation models.