Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is working with a financier to secure up to $12 billion more for its expansion plans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

XAI is tapping into the booming private-credit market to find the cash it needs to build massive data centers.

AI founder Elon Musk provided an update on the company's second Memphis campus, including plans to start bringing the site online.

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Elon Musk's xAI is reportedly seeking $12 billion in debt financing to buy Nvidia chips and build a massive AI supercluster, signaling an aggressive push to stay competitive in the global AI arms race.

During a project called "Skippy," tutors recorded themselves making facial expressions. It would help "give Grok a face," one engineer said.

Elon Musk’s AI start-up xAI is working with Valor Equity Partners to secure up to $12 billion in financing for its rapid expansion, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday

Artificial intelligence company xAI said Tuesday it will power up its second Colossus supercomputer in Memphis in a few weeks. Colussus 2 is located in the Whitehaven area

AI is expanding its Mid-South footprint with the purchase of a 114.49-acre Stanton Road property in Southaven.

In April, xAI asked workers to record their facial expressions as part of efforts to train Grok to understand human emotions, according to a report from Business Insider. During the process, xAI reportedly had employees sign a form that gives the company access to their “likeness” for training and “inclusion in and promotion of commercial products and services.

As AI companies continue to push for more polluting data centers to train increasingly energy-intensive AI models, Meta is trying to make big claims about how the tech could solve the climate crisis.