# xAI xAI is the public name of X.AI Corp, the AI company behind [[Grok]]. It was founded by [[Elon Musk]] in 2023 as an American public-benefit corporation. ## Distribution strategy xAI's primary surface is the X platform itself (`@grok` integration); the secondary surface is grok.com and the xAI API. In May 2026 xAI added a third path; **consumer-subscription OAuth into third-party agent harnesses**, starting with [[Nous Research]]'s [[Hermes Agent]]. Any Grok / SuperGrok tier lets the subscription act as an agent backend exposing [[Grok 4.3]], Grok TTS, and Grok Imagine, with no API key or separate billing. This is structurally novel; other frontier closed-weight labs gate agent access behind API keys and developer accounts, whereas xAI is treating the consumer plan itself as the credential. See; https://x.ai/news/grok-hermes ## References - Official Website: https://x.ai/ - Grok-Hermes OAuth announcement: https://x.ai/news/grok-hermes ## Related - [[Grok]] - [[Grok 4]] - [[Grok 4.3]] - [[Elon Musk]] - [[Hermes Agent]] - [[Nous Research]]