On February 18, 2025, Elon Musk and xAI launched their chatbot 'Grok 3'. During the launch event, Musk, the owner of Tesla and X, referred to Grok 3 as the world's smartest AI. He also mentioned that people would become fans of Grok.

During the launch, Musk was seated with the xAI team members and demonstrated the capabilities of Grok 3. He explained how Grok 3 could compete with and outperform other AI models like OpenAI, Google, and DeepSeek. Musk stated, "We are very excited to introduce Grok 3. We believe that in a very short time, we have made it many times more capable than Grok 2."