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Microsoft Adds Elon Musk's Grok AI Models to Azure AI Foundry

The integration of Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini brings enhanced governance and enterprise SLAs to the controversial xAI chatbot.

FILE - A Microsoft sign and logo are pictured at the company's headquarters, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Redmond, Wash. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File)
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., smiles during the Microsoft Developers Build Conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Microsoft said it will focus investments on Azure cloud services meant for the Internet of Things, in which multiple sensors and smaller computing devices track data that can be analyzed by the company's cloud and artificial intelligence tools. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Overview

  • Microsoft announced at its Build conference that xAI's Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models are now hosted on its Azure AI Foundry platform.
  • The models come with full Azure service-level agreements, direct billing through Microsoft, and additional governance controls compared to their X-hosted counterparts.
  • Elon Musk appeared in a pre-recorded video at the event, despite ongoing legal disputes with Microsoft and OpenAI over his foundational contributions to OpenAI.
  • The hosting deal follows recent controversies, including xAI attributing contentious outputs from Grok to unauthorized code modifications.
  • Azure AI Foundry continues to expand its portfolio, now hosting Grok alongside models from OpenAI, Meta, Mistral, Black Forest Labs, and DeepSeek.