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Musk Unveils Macrohard, an xAI Project to ‘Simulate’ Software Companies With AI

Musk casts the xAI effort as a Grok-driven, AI-run software developer backed by a fresh USPTO filing.

Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L) returns to the stage after a pre-recorded interview with Elon Musk was played following the announcement that Grok AI, by Musk's artificial intelligence start up xAI, will be available on Microsoft's Foundry Models, during the Microsoft Build conference opening keynote in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Elon Musk announced on X that Macrohard is “very real,” inviting applicants to join xAI in building a purely AI software company.
  • He described a multi‑agent architecture in which Grok spawns hundreds of specialized coding and image/video agents that emulate human use inside virtual machines.
  • USPTO records show xAI filed the Macrohard trademark on August 1, listing wide-ranging AI offerings including speech/text generation and AI‑built video games.
  • Coverage ties the initiative to xAI’s Colossus supercomputer expansion in Memphis and to Musk’s plans to secure large quantities of Nvidia GPUs.
  • Grok’s posts on X said AI could theoretically replicate Microsoft’s operations and flagged hiring, while analysts and users debated practicality and labor implications.