Elon Musk's xAI Launches Bare-Bones Grok API

• Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has launched an API for its generative AI model, Grok.
• The API, named 'grok-beta', is priced at $5 per million input tokens or $15 per million output tokens.
• The API supports function calling, connecting Grok models to external tools like databases and search engines.
• xAI, which raised $6 billion in funding, is racing against competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic in the generative AI field.
• Musk's vision is to train xAI models on data from his various companies, including Tesla and SpaceX.

Source: Techcrunch