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xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

created: May 28, 2025, 3:12 p.m. | updated: May 28, 2025, 11:52 p.m.

Telegram has struck a partnership with Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, to distribute the latter’s chatbot, Grok, via Telegram and integrate it into apps available on the chat app’s platform for one year. xAI will pay $300 million in cash and equity to the chat app as part of the deal, Telegram’s CEO Pavel Durov said on Tuesday. Durov said Telegram will also earn 50% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions purchased through the app. Earlier this year, xAI made the Grok chatbot available to Telegram’s premium users. Note: This story was corrected to clarify that xAI is paying Telegram $300 million for distributing Grok.

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