Elon Musk recently denied media reports that his artificial intelligence company xAI has completed a $15 billion funding round. Previously, CNBC cited so-called "insiders" claiming that xAI is conducting a large-scale funding round to purchase GPU computing power needed for training the large model Grok, and also stated that this funding round would value xAI at $200 billion.

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Amid frequent record-breaking financing in the artificial intelligence industry, this rumor quickly sparked heated discussions. Recently, OpenAI completed a $6.6 billion funding round, increasing its valuation to $50 billion; Reuters reported last month that OpenAI is preparing to proceed with an initial public offering (IPO) with a valuation of $1 trillion. In an environment where industry giants' valuations are surging, xAI, founded by Musk, is seen as a key force to catch up with OpenAI.

However, in response to CNBC's report, Musk only replied on the social platform X with one word: "False". He did not further explain whether the report was entirely false or just partially inaccurate, leaving many speculations about xAI's real progress.

In the competitive landscape of large models, xAI is accelerating its challenge to the leading positions of OpenAI and ChatGPT with Grok as its core product. The denial of this funding rumor has also drawn more attention from the industry towards xAI's future financial strategy and development pace.