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Elon Musk rejects commentator's claim that xAI cannot reach the top industry position within three years

Musk noted he co-founded OpenAI ten years ago.

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What you say is true, but nonetheless our AI will be great. Whether it is the best remains to be seen, but I will never give up. Never. Space(XAI) is only 3 years old. That’s half the age of Anthropic and quarter the age of OpenAI. Let’s see where things stand 3 years from now.

6:29 AM · May 26, 2026 View on X

@teortaxesTex wtf you talking about, kid?

I co-founded OpenAI ten years ago. I understand the difficulty.

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yep, Elon has gained some appreciation for the hardness of this task. Amazing. Now he admits he might not get to #1 in 3 more years. This makes me more bullish on Grok.

1:54 PM · May 26, 2026 · 732.8K Views
6:31 PM · May 26, 2026 · 495.6K Views

@PeterDiamandis SpaceX had achieved nothing of note after 3 years and was written off as dead after 6 years with 3 consecutive launch failures.

But you may have noticed that things are different now.

Elon MuskElon Musk@elonmusk

What you say is true, but nonetheless our AI will be great. Whether it is the best remains to be seen, but I will never give up. Never. Space(XAI) is only 3 years old. That’s half the age of Anthropic and quarter the age of OpenAI. Let’s see where things stand 3 years from now.

1:29 PM · May 26, 2026 · 1.6M Views
1:39 PM · May 26, 2026 · 460K Views

yep, Elon has gained some appreciation for the hardness of this task. Amazing. Now he admits he might not get to #1 in 3 more years. This makes me more bullish on Grok.

Elon MuskElon Musk@elonmusk

What you say is true, but nonetheless our AI will be great. Whether it is the best remains to be seen, but I will never give up. Never. Space(XAI) is only 3 years old. That’s half the age of Anthropic and quarter the age of OpenAI. Let’s see where things stand 3 years from now.

1:29 PM · May 26, 2026 · 1.6M Views
1:54 PM · May 26, 2026 · 732.8K Views

Elon will eat a humble pie and course correct but never ever ever admit "I was wrong" publicly. Calling anyone a kid when your personality is this is… rich. A recap: no, Elon. As little as half a year ago you thought this will be a cakewalk. Not "maybe a decent LLM in 3 years".

Elon MuskElon Musk@elonmusk

@teortaxesTex wtf you talking about, kid? I co-founded OpenAI ten years ago. I understand the difficulty.

6:31 PM · May 26, 2026 · 495.6K Views
9:10 PM · May 26, 2026 · 2.6K Views

He even spun "my AGI lab fucking fell apart" into "xAI was built wrong from the start, I'm rebuilding". Like, okay, that worked several times before. I guess optimism helps him persevere to the good end. But he was being told all along how he's mismanaging it.

Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTex

Elon will eat a humble pie and course correct but never ever ever admit "I was wrong" publicly. Calling anyone a kid when your personality is this is… rich. A recap: no, Elon. As little as half a year ago you thought this will be a cakewalk. Not "maybe a decent LLM in 3 years".

9:10 PM · May 26, 2026 · 2.6K Views
9:28 PM · May 26, 2026 · 471 Views

@elonmusk @teortaxesTex Cook him 🔥

Elon MuskElon Musk@elonmusk

@teortaxesTex wtf you talking about, kid? I co-founded OpenAI ten years ago. I understand the difficulty.

6:31 PM · May 26, 2026 · 495.6K Views
9:15 PM · May 26, 2026 · 477 Views
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