Super Micro, Dell shares jump as Elon Musk calls them suppliers to xAI supercomputer project

From CNBC: 2024-06-20 08:51:48

Elon Musk announced that Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer will provide servers for his xAI company to build a $500 million supercomputer in Buffalo, NY, and another in Austin, TX. This technology will aid Tesla in developing computer vision and language models for robots and autonomous vehicles. Dell and Super Micro stocks rose.

Musk’s xAI is a challenger to Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Alphabet’s Google for AI development. Dell CEO Michael Dell confirmed plans to create a “Dell AI factory” with Nvidia to power Musk’s AI bot Grok. Musk co-founded OpenAI and is working on innovative AI projects with xAI to advance technology in the industry.

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