The AI startup launched its first stand-alone consumer app, as the company tries to catch up with more established players such as OpenAI and Google in the generative AI race.

Elon Musk’s X (formerly known as Twitter) has a built-in chatbot called Grok. xAI is an artificial intelligence company (AI) company founded by Musk in early 2023, about a year after he bought Twitter. Both X and xAI are privately held companies. Grok started as a chatbot within X. Grok 2 was made available for free on X in December.