Grok Bot hits 800K paying weekly users as SpaceX partner network grows to 130
An Oct 22 AI markets roundup: Grok Bot doubled to 800K paying weekly users and its AI unit turned a Q3 profit, while Brent crude hit $111 and AI stocks slid.
SPACEX GROK, BRENT $111, FORMIC $50M, MUSK $1B IN SKYDANCE, APPLE OCT 28: THIS AI NEWS DAY IS F*CKING WILD 5 stories from oct 22. the grok deal is the loudest, but it's the tamest part. the real story is where the money moved in one day. not a slow news thursday and not a crash. one day where AI money, oil and robots all moved at once. SPACEX GROK PARTNER NETWORK → 130+ launch partners for the spacex super intelligence partner network → named: apollo, nvidia, snowflake, databricks, bain, booz allen hamilton → grok bot: 800,000+ paying weekly users in october, double the month before → the AI unit turned a profit in Q3, mostly by renting compute in memphis BRENT $111 AND THE AI STOCKS SLIDE → brent +2.6% to $111.66, a five-month high → nasdaq -1.5%, s&p 500 -0.8% → nvidia -2.3%, coreweave -3.8%, meta -5.8%, lam research -7.7% → kospi -3.52%, nikkei -2.65%, 10-year treasury at 5.03% FORMIC $50M ROBOTS-AS-A-SERVICE → chicago startup rents robots to manufacturers instead of selling them → $40M series B plus $10M asset-backed financing, per axios → after $26.5M in 2022 and $27.4M in 2024 MUSK $1B IN SKYDANCE → semafor: musk put about $1B into skydance → weeks after paramount closed its $110B warner bros. discovery deal → skydance promised $6B in cost cuts over three years APPLE OCT 28 "PRO AND TELL" → rumored: OLED touchscreen macbook pro, OLED ipad mini 8, M6 imac → press releases plus a hands-on in LA, no keynote → iphone duo, the first foldable iphone, launches oct 23 robots got $50M, a movie studio got $1B, grok got 130 partners. and oil still made the loudest move on the board. edit your thursday recap in picsart, the market won't wait. biggest story of oct 22: spacex grok partner network, or brent at $111?
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