Overview

• Telegram and xAI have agreed in principle to a year-long collaboration that will integrate the Grok AI chatbot into Telegram’s apps by summer 2025.
• xAI will invest $300 million in a combination of cash and equity to secure the integration rights across Telegram’s platform.
• Under the agreement, Telegram is set to receive half of all Grok subscription revenues generated through its messaging service.
• Pavel Durov publicly announced the deal on May 28, while Elon Musk later clarified that no binding contract has yet been executed.
• With over one billion monthly active users, Telegram offers xAI broad distribution and strengthens its own finances as it prepares a $1.5 billion bond offering.