**xAI raised $20 billion in Series E funding** to scale Grok and data center infrastructure, marking one of the largest AI financings to date with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, Nvidia, and Cisco.[5] This funding round underscores the intensifying capital race in AI infrastructure as companies compete to build the computational foundation for next-generation AI systems.[5]

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