Four Years After Musk's Twitter Deal: From Bird App to Grok, X Money and AI Platform
nima_owji · x · 2026-10-27
nimaowji marks four years since Elon Musk bought Twitter, listing what changed: the algorithm went open source, creators started getting paid, Twitter became X, and Grok, XChat, X Money and Grok Bot launched.
The post frames the former "bird app" as having become a home for AI, payments and private chat, and asks readers whether they still call it Twitter or X.
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