- I-xAI ifuna ukuya kuthi ga kwi-12.000 leebhiliyoni zeerandi kwinkxaso-mali yokwandisa iziseko zayo ze-AI.
- Inkampani iya kutyala imali kwi-Nvidia GPUs ephucukileyo ukuqeqesha kunye namandla eGrok, i-chatbot yayo.
- I-SpaceX kunye ne-Tesla bahlola intsebenziswano entsha kunye ne-xAI, kubandakanywa utyalo-mali kunye nentsebenziswano yemveliso.
- Esi sicwangciso siquka ukufikelela kwii-GPU ezilingana nezigidi ezingama-50 kwiminyaka emihlanu, ukudibanisa i-xAI njengembangi ye-OpenAI kunye nezinye iinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe.
Ugqatso kwicandelo lobuntlola bokwenziwa luyaqhubeka nokukhawuleza kwaye xAI, inkampani eqhutywa nguElon Musk, udlala nzima ukufumana izikhundla. Kwiinyanga zakutshanje, ukuqaliswa iye yasungula umjikelo onzima wenkxaso-mali onokuzisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-12.000 leebhiliyoni zeerandi.Amanani ayothusa, kodwa inyaniso kukuba le ntshukumo inenjongo ethe ngqo: Ukuqinisa iziseko zayo zeteknoloji kwaye udibanise uphuhliso lweGrok, star yayo chatbot.
Isicwangciso senkxaso-mali se I-xAI ixhomekeke kubuhlakani obuqinileyo, ngokukodwa kunye neValor Equity Partners, i-investment firm ekhokelwa nguAntonio Gracias, u-Musk owaziwayo owaziwayo. Iinzame zokunyusa inkunzi zibandakanya uthethathethwano nababolekisi kunye neemali zobutyebi ezizimeleyo, ezifana ne-PIF yaseSaudi, ngelixa SpaceX, enye yeenkampani zikaMusk, uceba ukwenza igalelo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2.000 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngaphezulu kolutshintshiselwano oluyilayo lwemidla phakathi kweenkampani zenkosi.
Ukutsiba ngamandla: Iichips zeNvidia zekamva le-AI
Utyalo-mali lwe-xAI lujoliswe ikakhulu ekufumaneni iitshiphusi zeNvidia zesizukulwana esilandelayo., kubalulekile ekunyuseni umthamo wekhompuyutha ezifunekayo ukuqeqesha iinkqubo ze-AI ezintsonkothileyo. Ngokonxibelelwano lukaMusk lwamva nje, i-xAI sele inayo 230.000 GPUs kuqeqesho lwakho, kodwa injongo inqwenela ngakumbi: ukufikelela kwinani elilinganayo le-50 yezigidi ze-H100 GPUs kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, nto leyo iza kumela umtsi womgangatho ngokwamandla eekhompyutha. Ngezi GPUs zintsha, iGrok kulindeleke ukuba ivele ukufikelela phambili ekuvavanyeni ukusebenza, kunye neemodeli ezinamandla ezidlulayo ezivela kwi-OpenAI okanye kuGoogle.
Yeha, i-chatbot efuna ukuguqula icandelo. Uzalelwe ukukhuphisana nezigebenga ezifana neChatGPT, i ingxoxo Kuye kwaphuculwa ngoguqulelo olutsha ngalunye kunye nokufikelela kumandla okusebenza amaninzi.. I-xAI ngoku iqeqesha iinguqulelo zeGrok nge amakhulu amawaka e-Nvidia H100 GPUs, kunye nokudibanisa kunye neemveliso zeTesla sele zihlolisiswa, ukusuka kwiimoto zombane ngokwazo kwiibhetri ezibonelelwa yi-brand kwi-AI yokuqalisa.
La Ukusebenzisana phakathi kweenkampani ezahlukeneyo zikaMusk kubonisa isicwangciso sokubambisana kwangaphakathi, apho inkxaso-mali kunye nokuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha zobuchwepheshe zidibana ukuze kugcinwe iiprojekthi zayo kwinqanaba eliphezulu. Ngokunjalo, utyalo-mali olutsha oluthe ngqo lukaTesla kwi-xAI luyavavanywa, nangona imvume yabanini-zabelo iya kufuneka.
Ukhuphiswano lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nomngeni wotyalo-mali
Ukuzinikela kwe-xAI kumandla ekhompyutha kusabela kwi Ukhuphiswano olukhulayo nezinye iinkampani zeteknoloji zamazwe ngamazweIinkampani ezifana ne-OpenAI, uGoogle, kunye neefemu zaseTshayina ezisahlumayo nazo zomeleza amaziko azo kugqatso lwehlabathi lobunkokeli kubukrelekrele bokwenziwa. Ukuvala inkxaso-mali, I-xAI iya kuthetha-thethana ngeemeko ezithile nababolekisi, njengamaxesha okuhlawula alinganiselweyo kunye namatyala anciphisa umngcipheko.
Ukongeza kwityalaI-xAI sele inyuse i-10.000 leebhiliyoni zeerandi ngokudityaniswa kokulingana kunye nokubolekwa kwemali okucwangcisiweyo, kunye nokungeniswa kwabatyali-zimali abatsha bamaziko kusondele. Ngala manyathelo, ixabiso lenkampani linokufikelela phakathi kwe-170.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunye ne-200.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, oko kunyusela i-SpaceX kweyona nkampani yabucala ixabisekileyo kwihlabathi ukuba oko bekulindelwe kuyahlangatyezwa.
Umthamo wokuqhuba kunye nekamva le-AI
Injongo ye-Musk yebhongo kukuphumeza umthamo wokucubungula olingana ne-50 exaFLOPs, ngokwaneleyo ukuqeqesha imodeli ye-AI ye-state-of-art. Ukufezekisa oku, i-xAI iqikelela ukuba kuya kuthatha Amashumi ezigidi ze-Nvidia H100 GPUs, okanye iiyunithi ezimbalwa kwixesha elizayo B200, B300 okanye Rubin chips. Konke oku kusasazwa iya kuvumela iGrok ukuba iphuculwe kunye nokuphuhlisa izicelo ezintsha kumacandelo ahlukeneyo.
Ngemfuno yezibonelelo ephezulu kakhulu, inkampani iqwalasela iindlela ezininzi zenkxaso-mali kunye nezibonelelo ezinokwenzeka zesibini zoluntu, apho abasebenzi kunye nabanini-zabelo bokuqala banokuthengisa izabelo zabo kubatyali-mali abatsha. Uqingqo-maxabiso lwale mijikelo lubonisa a ithemba elikhulu kwimarike malunga nokubanakho ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa phantsi kobunkokeli bukaMusk.
I-dynamism yayo kunye nomnqweno wokunyusa ingxowa-mali kunye nokudibanisa iteknoloji I-xAI njengomdlali ophambili kumaza alandelayo ophuhliso kubukrelekrele bokwenziwaU-Musk kunye neqela lakhe bazibophelele ekunyuseni iziseko zophuhliso kunye nokukhawulezisa i-Grok's evolution, kwimeko apho ukhuphiswano lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nemfuno yekhompyutha ibeka isantya. Intsebenziswano yangaphakathi phakathi kwe-SpaceX, iTesla, kunye ne-xAI yomeleza isakhiwo esinamandla amakhulu okuguqula icandelo kwiminyaka ezayo.
Ndingumntu othanda itekhnoloji ojike umdla wakhe we "geek" waba ngumsebenzi. Ndichithe ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-10 yobomi bam ndisebenzisa itekhnoloji yokusika kwaye ndikhenkceza ngazo zonke iintlobo zeenkqubo ngenxa yokufuna ukwazi okumsulwa. Ngoku ndiqeqeshelwe ubugcisa bekhompyutha nakwimidlalo yevidiyo. Oku kungenxa yokuba ngaphezu kweminyaka emi-5 ndibhalela iiwebhusayithi ezahlukeneyo kwitekhnoloji kunye nemidlalo yevidiyo, ndisenza amanqaku afuna ukukunika ulwazi oludingayo ngolwimi oluqondakalayo kuye wonke umntu.
Ukuba unayo nayiphi na imibuzo, ulwazi lwam lusuka kuyo yonke into enxulumene nenkqubo yokusebenza yeWindows kunye ne-Android yeefowuni eziphathwayo. Kwaye ukuzinikela kwam kukuwe, ndihlala ndikulungele ukuchitha imizuzu embalwa kwaye ndikuncede usombulule nayiphi na imibuzo onokuba nayo kweli lizwe le-intanethi.