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xAI Shuts Down, Rents GPUs to Anthropic

xAI Shuts Down, Rents GPUs to Anthropic
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💡xAI quits models, rents mega-cluster to Anthropic—compute shift alert

⚡ 30-Second TL;DR

What Changed

xAI dissolved; all Chinese team members exit

Why It Matters

Marks xAI's exit from model race, validating compute-as-service; boosts Anthropic while improving SpaceX finances for IPO.

What To Do Next

Benchmark Claude Code's new doubled rate limits enabled by Colossus GPUs.

Who should care:Founders & Product Leaders

Key Points

  • xAI dissolved; all Chinese team members exit
  • Colossus (220k GPUs) fully rented to Anthropic at ~$2.60/hr average
  • Anthropic revenue surges 80x; Claude Opus 4.6 seen as AGI milestone
  • Musk pivots to coding agents, acquires Cursor for $60B locked price
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