Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is adding Elon Musk's Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini models to its Azure AI Foundry, deepening its reach into the generative AI battlefield. The move comes as part of Microsoft's broader strategy to become the go-to platform for building and deploying AI applications.

In 2022, Elon Musk, then on a bid to acquire Twitter, slammed Bill Gates publicly on the bird app over allegations that the Microsoft co-founder held a short position on Tesla stocks.

Elon Musk is in a legal fight with Microsoft but made a virtual appearance at the software giant’s annual developer conference to reveal that Microsoft's cloud computing platform will now host Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

Musk, the richest person in the world, emerged as a top supporter and adviser to Trump during the 2024 campaign where he spent an estimated $250 million to back the then-Republican candidate. However, he suggested during a virtual Bloomberg forum in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday that his time financially influencing political campaign may be over.

Elon Musk's xAI has integrated its Grok 3 models into Microsoft Azure, available for free in June. The announcement was made at the Microsoft Build conference, where Musk and CEO Satya Nadella reminisced about Musk's early tech days,

It was all about AI agents at Microsoft's Build developer conference, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joining to talk about the future of AI coding.

However, according to a more recent report from Beth Kindig, the CEO and lead tech analyst at the I/O Fund, Colossus 2 may cost closer to $40 billion. Considering Nvidia's chips sell for between $30,000 and $40,000 on average, it's not unreasonable to think Musk's next big project could cost tens of billions of dollars -- as Kindig implies.