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Elon Musk’s xAI Looks To Raise $6 Billion Investment  

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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, which set out to create AI tools that “assist humanity in its quest for understanding and knowledge,” is currently in discussions to gain investments of up to $6 billion at a proposed value of $20 billion.

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