Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is testing out a standalone iOS app for its chatbot, Grok, which was available only to X users until now.

Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup, xAI, launched its first stand-alone consumer app, its latest step as the company tries to catch up with more established players such as OpenAI and Google in the generative AI race.

xAI has released an iOS app in the US for its Grok chatbot, as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. The standalone app version of the chatbot, which xAI calls a beta, can perform the same functions as the one built into X, as it can field real-time information, answer questions, and generate images.

A little over a year after xAI announced Grok, X's AI-powered assistant, it's now available in the US as a standalone app.

Elon Musk's generative artificial intelligence startup xAI officially launched a standalone app of its Grok chatbot on the App Store this week. The rollout of the app, which has been quiet, is essentially the same version of the chatbot that is available to X Premium and Premium+ users.

Elon Musk’s xAI has launched a standalone iOS app for its AI chatbot, Grok, expanding access beyond its original integration within the X platform. The release, available to U.S. users, represents an important step in xAI’s strategy to establish itself in the competitive generative AI market, alongside leaders like OpenAI and Google.