The location was apt: The Pioneer Building in the city’s Mission district, a 122-year-old former truck factory, and most recently, headquarters of OpenAI, the juggernaut maker of ChatGPT led by cofounder Sam Altman. xAI had just moved into the building, Musk said, attendees told Forbes.

It was held by Elon Musk at the original Mission District headquarters of OpenAI, which Musk cofounded before leaving after (reportedly) failing to take it over. And Musk was there to convince people to join his latest startup,

OpenAI has asked investors to avoid backing rival start-ups such as Anthropic and Elon Musk’s xAI, as it secures $6.6bn in new funding and seeks to shut out challengers to its early lead in generative artificial intelligence.

AI is seeking to enter into a long-term lease with an option to purchase a huge plot of land near its operations at the former Electrolux facility near Presidents Island.

San Francisco's Mission district isn't known for corporate offices, but it's now home to two of the world's most well-funded AI startups. Elon Musk's

A symbolic move: xAI has moved into the Pioneer Building at 3180 18th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, the very office space where OpenAI began its journey in 2015. T