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Re:XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat... by ben_w on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:09PM (#44119567)
> Call me stupid, but I fundamentally do not grasp why xAI would pay Telegram for access to its users.

Perfectly valid question.

IMO, because xAI is the junior partner in this relationship.

Telegram is bigger and more important than X.

Unlike the 45 billion self-purchase price xAI paid for X, the realistic value for X is, what, 9 billion? I've heard Telegram is estimated to be in the 30-40 billion range: https://web.archive.org/web/20210323132059/https://techcrunc...

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Re:XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat... by pier25 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:46PM (#44119980)
TIL Telegram has like 1 billion users.
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Re:XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat... by miohtama on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @05:30PM (#44120848)
It has more users. 1B is monthly active if I recall correctly.
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