Elon Musk’s xAI rang in the new year by raising $20 billion in its latest funding round. Undoubtedly, as the AI race intensifies and the use cases of the technology become more apparent (Claude Code and its Cowork agent seem to have sparked a panic in software), perhaps we’ll begin to hear a bit less … xAI Just Raised $20 Billion. Can Grok Keep Up With Google Gemini?