Anindita Nayak
Bhubaneswar, May 27
Elon Musk, the tech mogul, disclosed plans to construct a substantial supercomputer dubbed as “gigafactory of compute” to support his AI venture, xAI, The Information reported earlier.
Musk aims to have the supercomputer operational by fall of 2025, intending to power the next version of his AI chatbot-Grok. He also mentioned the possibility of partnering with Oracle for the development of this massive computing infrastructure.
Reportedly, Musk aims to have a supercomputer, featuring 100,000 Nvidia chips, operational by fall of 2025. This ambitious project underscores Musk’s personal commitment to its timely completion. The supercomputer, utilizing Nvidia’s flagship H100 GPUs, is anticipated to be at least four times larger than existing GPU clusters.
Musk’s vision includes surpassing the scale of even Meta’s AI model training clusters.
Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022, the AI landscape has grown fiercely competitive. Major players like Microsoft, Google, Meta, as well as startups Anthropic and Stability AI, are all striving for supremacy. Musk established xAI last year to challenge Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google, which he co-founded. Musk stated earlier this year that training the Grok 2 model utilized around 20,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, with future iterations like Grok 3 projected to require 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips.
Musk, distinguished by his substantial financial backing, emerges as a rare investor capable of rivaling AI giants such as OpenAI, Google, and Meta. Meanwhile, xAI is actively working on Grok, a chatbot designed to access real-time data from X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk himself owns.
Musk, a co-founder of OpenAI in 2015, left the organization in 2018, citing discomfort with its profit-oriented direction under CEO Sam Altman. He filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in March, accusing it of deviating from its initial non-profit mission of democratizing AI research.
However, OpenAI has refuted Musk’s claims, dismissing the lawsuit and his calls for open-source development as mere expressions of dissatisfaction following his departure from the company.
During an interview at the Viva Tech event, Elon Musk, known for his unconventional and often provocative remarks, took things up a notch. When the host jokingly suggested that some people think Musk might be an alien, he responded with a straight-faced affirmation, sparking both amusement and curiosity, as reported by India Today. The host mentioned, “Some people believe you are an alien.” Musk, without missing a beat and with a touch of mischief, responded, “I am an alien.” The host, entertained by the exchange, proclaimed that Musk’s secret was out. Musk added, “Yes, I keep telling people I’m an alien, but nobody believes me.” This playful yet cryptic statement has left audiences buzzing, with Musk promising to share proof on social media.
