@kartiksmath: For a company worth $2 trillion, they’re not willing to eat the loss to keep the lead in the biggest TAM in human histo…
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A user questions xAI's willingness to absorb losses on Grok given its massive market opportunity, quoting Elon Musk's remark that serving Grok Bot was unsustainably costly relative to revenue.
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For a company worth $2 trillion, they’re not willing to eat the loss to keep the lead in the biggest TAM in human history?
Something’s not adding up.
Elon Musk (@elonmusk): The cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue
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