Microsoft is getting ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model
Microsoft has been instructing engineers working on its AI infrastructure to get ready to host Elon Musk‘s Grok AI model, according to a trusted source familiar with the plans. In recent weeks Microsoft has been in discussions with xAI to host the Grok AI model and make it available to customers and Microsoft’s own product teams through the Azure cloud service. The move could prove controversial internally and further inflame tensions with Microsoft’s partner OpenAI.
I’m told that if the deal proceeds, Grok will be available on Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft’s AI development platform that gives developers access to AI services, tools, and pre-built models in order to build AI applications and agents. This will allow developers to tap into Grok and use it within their apps, and for Microsoft to potentially use the AI model across its own apps and services. Microsoft refused to comment for this story.
Microsoft has been steadily growing its Azure AI Foundry business over the past year, and has been quick to embrace models from a variety of AI labs that compete with Microsoft’s partner OpenAI. DeepSeek, the Chinese startup that shook up the world of AI earlier this year, forced Micros …