Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup, xAI, launched its first stand-alone consumer app, its latest step as the company tries to catch up with more established players such as OpenAI and Google in the generative AI race.

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now.

A little over a year after xAI announced Grok, X's AI-powered assistant, it's now available in the US as a standalone app.

AI started testing Grok’s standalone iOS app in December in a handful of countries. There’s no word on when it may come to Android. Though Grok was initially only available t

But what makes Grok stand out is its link to X, giving it access to real-time information and a unique perspective. This launch also marks the arrival of Grok 2, the latest and greatest version of the AI model,

Elon Musk’s xAI has launched a standalone iOS app for its AI chatbot, Grok, expanding access beyond its original integration within the X platform. The release, available to U.S. users, represents an important step in xAI’s strategy to establish itself in the competitive generative AI market, alongside leaders like OpenAI and Google.

Grok, the AI chatbot built into the X (Twitter) social network, is now available as a standalone app in the United States. X owner Elon Musk

Elon Musk's generative artificial intelligence startup xAI officially launched a standalone app of its Grok chatbot on the App Store this week. The rollout of the app, which has been quiet, is essentially the same version of the chatbot that is available to X Premium and Premium+ users.