- I-xAI ifuna imali efinyelela ku-$12.000 billion ukuze inwebe ingqalasizinda yayo ye-AI.
- Inkampani izotshala imali kuma-Nvidia GPU athuthukile ukuze iqeqeshe futhi inike amandla i-Grok, i-chatbot yayo ephambili.
- I-SpaceX kanye ne-Tesla bahlola ukusebenzisana okusha ne-xAI, okuhlanganisa ukutshalwa kwezimali okuhlukahlukene nokusebenzisana kwemikhiqizo.
- Uhlelo luhlanganisa ukufinyelela kuma-GPU alinganayo ayizigidi ezingu-50 eminyakeni emihlanu, ukuhlanganisa i-xAI njengembangi ye-OpenAI nezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe.
Umjaho emkhakheni wezobunhloli bokwenziwa uyaqhubeka nokukhula ngesivinini futhi i-xAI, inkampani eqhutshwa ngu-Elon Musk, udlala ngokuzikhandla ukuze athole izikhundla. Ezinyangeni zakamuva, ukuqaliswa yethule umzuliswano oqinile wokuxhasa ngezimali ongangenisa imali efinyelela ku-$12.000 billion.Izinombolo ziyamangaza, kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi le nhlangano inenjongo ecacile kakhulu: Qinisa ingqalasizinda yayo yezobuchwepheshe futhi uhlanganise ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Grok, inkanyezi yayo ye-chatbot.
Isu lokuxhasa ngezimali le I-xAI incike ekubambisaneni okuqinile, ikakhulukazi nge-Valor Equity Partners, inkampani yokutshala izimali eholwa ngu-Antonio Gracias, umlingani owaziwayo we-Musk. Imizamo yokukhulisa imali ibandakanya izingxoxo nababolekisi kanye nezimali zengcebo ezizimele, njengeSaudi PIF, ngenkathi I-SpaceX, enye yezinkampani zikaMusk, uhlela ukufaka isandla esifinyelela ku-$2.000 billion ngaphezulu kulokhu kushintshaniswa kwezithakazelo ezintsha phakathi kwezinkampani ze-magnate.
Ukugxuma ngamandla: Ama-Nvidia chips ekusasa le-AI
Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-xAI kuqondiswe kakhulu ekutholweni kwesizukulwane esilandelayo sama-chip e-Nvidia., kubalulekile ukukala umthamo wekhompuyutha okudingekayo ukuqeqesha izinhlelo ze-AI eziyinkimbinkimbi. Ngokusho kokuxhumana kwakamuva kukaMusk, i-xAI isivele inakho Ama-GPU angu-230.000 ngokuqeqeshwa kwakho, kodwa umgomo ufisa kakhulu: finyelela okulingana nezigidi ezingu-50 ze-H100 GPU kule minyaka emihlanu ezayo, okuzomela ukweqa kwekhwalithi mayelana namandla ekhompyutha. Ngalawa ma-GPU amasha, i-Grok kulindeleke ukuthi iguqukele finyelela phambili ekuhlolweni kokusebenza, ngisho namamodeli anamandla adlula i-OpenAI noma i-Google.
IsiGrok, i-chatbot efuna ukuguqula umkhakha. Uzalelwe ukuncintisana ngokumelene nemidondoshiya efana ne-ChatGPT, i i-chatbot Ibithuthuka ngenguqulo entsha ngayinye kanye nokufinyelela emandleni okucubungula engeziwe.. I-xAI okwamanje iqeqesha izinguqulo ze-Grok nge amakhulu ezinkulungwane zama-Nvidia H100 GPUs, futhi ukuhlanganiswa nemikhiqizo ye-Tesla sekuvele kuhlolisiswa, kusukela ezimotweni zikagesi ngokwazo kuya kumabhethri ahlinzekwe wumkhiqizo ekuqaleni kwe-AI.
La Ukusebenzisana phakathi kwezinkampani ezahlukene zikaMusk kukhombisa isu lokusebenzisana kwangaphakathi, lapho uxhaso kanye nokuqanjwa kabusha kwezobuchwepheshe kuhlangana khona ukuze kugcinwe amaphrojekthi akho esezingeni eliphezulu. Ngokunjalo, ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqondile okusha kuka-Tesla ku-xAI kuyahlaziywa, nakuba kuzodingeka imvume yabanikazi bamasheya.
Ukuncintisana kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nenselelo yokutshala izimali
Ukuzibophezela kwe-xAI emandleni ekhompuyutha kusabela ku- ukuncintisana okukhulayo nezinye izinkampani zobuchwepheshe zamazwe ngamazweIzinkampani ezifana ne-OpenAI, i-Google, nezinkampani ezisafufusa zaseShayina nazo ziqinisa ingqalasizinda yazo emjahweni womhlaba wonke wobuholi kwezobuhlakani bokwenziwa. Ukuvala uxhaso lwezimali, I-xAI izobe ixoxisana ngezimo ezithile nababolekisi, njengezikhathi zokukhokha ezilinganiselwe kanye nemikhawulo yezikweletu enciphisa ubungozi.
Ngaphezu kwesikweletuI-xAI isivele inyuse amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10.000 ngenhlanganisela yokulingana nokubolekwa kwamasu, futhi ukungena kwabatshalizimali bezikhungo abasha sekuseduze. Ngale mnyakazo, inani lenkampani lingafinyelela phakathi kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-170.000 nezingu-200.000, kukhuphule i-SpaceX enkampanini yangasese ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni uma okulindelweyo kuhlangatshezwana nayo.
Amandla okucubungula kanye nekusasa le-AI
Umgomo we-Musk wokuvelela uwukuthola amandla okucubungula alingana nama-exaFLOP angama-50, okwanele ukuqeqesha amamodeli e-AI asezingeni eliphezulu. Ukufeza lokhu, i-xAI ilinganisela ukuthi kuzothatha Amashumi ezigidi zama-Nvidia H100 GPUs, noma amayunithi ambalwa wesikhathi esizayo B200, B300 noma Rubin chips. Konke lokhu kuthunyelwa ingavumela i-Grok ukuthi ithuthukiswe kanye nokuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokusebenza ezintsha emikhakheni eyahlukene.
Njengoba isidingo sezinsiza siphezulu kakhulu, inkampani icubungula izinketho eziningi zezimali kanye neminikelo yomphakathi yesibili engase ibe khona, lapho abasebenzi nabanikazi bamasheya bokuqala bengathengisa iziteki zabo kubatshalizimali abasha. Izilinganiso zale mizuliswano zibonisa a ithemba elikhulu emakethe mayelana namandla obuhlakani bokwenziwa ngaphansi kobuholi bukaMusk.
Amandla ayo kanye nesifiso sokuvelela ekuqongeleleni imali kanye nokuqamba okusha kwezobuchwepheshe kuhlanganisa I-xAI njengomdlali oyinhloko kugagasi elilandelayo lentuthuko kubuhlakani bokwenziwaU-Musk nethimba lakhe bazibophezele ekukhuliseni ingqalasizinda kanye nokusheshisa ukuvela kwe-Grok, esimweni lapho ukuncintisana kwamazwe ngamazwe kanye nesidingo sekhompyutha kubeka ijubane. Ukusebenzisana kwangaphakathi phakathi kwe-SpaceX, i-Tesla, ne-xAI kuqinisa isakhiwo esinamandla amakhulu okuguqula lo mkhakha eminyakeni ezayo.
Ngingumshisekeli wezobuchwepheshe oguqule izintshisekelo zakhe "ze-geek" zaba umsebenzi. Ngichithe iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-10 yempilo yami ngisebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu kanye nokukitaza ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinhlelo ngenxa yelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi. Manje sengiqeqeshelwe ubuchwepheshe be-computer nemidlalo yama-video. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi sekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-5 ngisebenza ngokubhalela amawebhusayithi ahlukahlukene ezobuchwepheshe nemidlalo yevidiyo, ngenza izindatshana ezifuna ukukunikeza imininingwane oyidingayo ngolimi oluqondakala yiwo wonke umuntu.
Uma unemibuzo, ulwazi lwami lusukela kuyo yonke into ehlobene nesistimu yokusebenza ye-Windows kanye ne-Android yomakhalekhukhwini. Futhi ukuzibophezela kwami kuwe, ngihlala ngizimisele ukuchitha amaminithi ambalwa futhi ngikusize uxazulule noma yimiphi imibuzo ongase ube nayo kulo mhlaba we-inthanethi.