Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of xAI, has expressed openness to partnering with Apple to integrate Grok into the tech giant’s long-neglected voice assistant, Siri, potentially breathing new life into its capabilities.
The exchange kicked off on Monday when an X user known as X Freeze posted a pointed critique, urging Apple to swap out Siri’s “outdated” tech for Grok 4.1 to deliver a truly “superintelligent” upgrade.
Musk quickly replied with a straightforward “I’m down,” signaling his enthusiasm for the collaboration despite ongoing tensions, including xAI’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple over AI app favoritism.
Tech enthusiasts have since flooded the thread with excitement, envisioning a sharper, wittier Siri powered by Grok’s advanced reasoning and real-time smarts—though Apple has yet to comment.
I’m down https://t.co/yNY2NtkTEc
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 18, 2025
Benzinga:
Recently, Musk had hinted at a potential merger between Tesla Inc. and xAI, as both of his ventures were “trending towards convergence” despite shareholders refusing to vote in favor of an investment in xAI by Tesla at the company’s annual shareholder meeting earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Musk also shared a timeline for xAI’s latest version of its Grok AI model, Grok 5, saying that the model would be available in the first three months of 2026, a delay from the earlier timeline, which targeted an end-of-2025 release for the model.
MacDailyNews Take: As we wrote last month:
Apple would do well to think apolitically and ink deals to use both SpaceX’s superior Starlink satellite connectivity and xAI’s outstanding Grok in Apple Intelligence. – MacDailyNews, October 24, 2025
See also: xAI’s Grok 4.1 surpasses ChatGPT & Gemini on key AI benchmarks – Economic Times, November 18, 2025
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