Musk: serving Grok Bot cost 'unsustainably high' relative to revenue
ayushtweetshere · x · 2026-11-02
Elon Musk admitted that "the cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue," then followed up with "saving money is pointless" — a striking contrast between acknowledging heavy burn and dismissing cost discipline. The remarks hint at the steep compute economics behind xAI's Grok business.
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