Elon Musk's xAI startup could soon be worth many times more than X

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  • Elon Musk's xAI is raising caller backing astatine a $40 cardinal valuation, nan WSJ reported.
  • Social media web X, meanwhile, is presently weighted astatine $9.4 billion, according to Fidelity filings.
  • A Fidelity money has devalued its shares of X by astir 79% since 2022.

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A caller backing information successful nan useful for xAI could worth Elon Musk's startup astatine much than 4 times what his societal media network, X, is presently worth, according to caller Fidelity filings.

The AI startup is reportedly successful talks to raise backing astatine a $40 cardinal valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. xAI, which Musk founded successful 2023 and has billed arsenic an replacement to OpenAI's ChatGPT, antecedently raised a $6 cardinal Series B from a16z and Sequoia Capital astatine a $24 cardinal post-money valuation.

Talks pinch investors are still successful nan early stages, sources told nan Wall Street Journal. But if nan backing information goes done astatine a $40 cardinal valuation, that would make xAI worthy much than 4 times nan worth of X, according to Fidelity's estimates, which held dependable from August to September.

Fidelity, which invests successful startups done aggregate communal funds, including its Blue Chip Growth Fund, weighted shares of X astatine $4,185,614 astatine nan extremity of September, according to its monthly filing released astatine nan extremity of October. The money had 196,600 Class A shares astatine nan extremity of July, according to an yearly filing from August.

At $21.29 a pop, this value is unchanged from nan Blue Chip Growth Fund's August estimation of X's value. It is, however, a 78.7% driblet compared to 2 years ago: Musk successful October 2022 purchased X for $44 billion. The Fidelity money astatine nan clip invested $19.66 million, according to filings.

Assuming nan finance was made astatine X's $44 cardinal valuation, nan money now estimates X's worth to beryllium astir $9.4 billion.

Fidelity's Blue Chip Growth Fund besides has a liking successful xAI, valuing its finance astatine $44,152,362, according to nan October filing. The money had 3,688,585 shares astatine nan extremity of July, according to an yearly filing from August. That's $11.96 per share.

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