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stux⚡️May 28, 2025

Time to ditch #Telegram:

Telegram announces partnership with Musk's xAI - BBC News

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxvr3n7wlxo

Telegram announces partnership with Musk's xAI

The $300m deal, which will last one year, will see xAI's assistant Grok integrated into Telegram.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/28/elon-musk-xai-telegram-grok.html

This partnership is yet another example of "spyware-as-a-service" between the fossil fuel interests of Russia, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and US tech companies.

1. Musk got investment from Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi oil oligarch. Three times.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-24/price-alwaleed-s-elon-musk-ties-are-boosting-his-comeback-bid

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/10/31/saudi-prince-alwaleed-becomes-twitters-second-largest-shareholder/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/twitter-x-saudi-arabia-advertisers-elon-musk-prince-alwaleed/

https://www.agbi.com/ai/2024/05/prince-alwaleed-part-of-elon-musks-6bn-ai-funding-round/

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/05/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-invests-elon-musks-24b-ai-startup

2. Telegram is owned by Russian oligarch Pavel Durov. Telegram is based in Dubai.

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Telegram CEO announces $300 million partnership with Elon Musk's xAI and Grok

Elon Musk's startup xAI is paying Telegram $300 million to roll out its Grok chatbot.

CNBC

Nicole Parsons May 28, 2025

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg703lz02l0o

https://www.silicon.co.uk/cloud/ai/xai-pays-telegram-300m-to-deploy-its-grok-ai-chatbot-615899

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/05/20/showdown-between-paris-and-pavel-durov_6741438_13.html

Election interference by xAI & Telegram is a real threat.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/telegram-set-to-raise-1-5-billion-in-bond-issue-despite-ceos-legal-woes-053284f0

https://www.ft.com/content/205568fa-8a99-424c-9fb3-191087adc8bd

https://tech.yahoo.com/articles/elon-musks-grok-ai-coming-171851882.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_(software)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov

https://fortune.com/2025/05/22/pavel-durov-life-career-telegram-vk-children-arrest-legal-issues/

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-from-travelling-us-business-related-trip/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/social/telegram-one-of-the-most-controversial-messaging-app-gets-300-million-from-elon-musk-heres-what-the-deal-is-all-about/articleshow/121472185.cms

3. Of course, BlackRock & Citadel are involved.
https://coinpedia.org/news/telegram-to-raise-1-5b-in-bond-sale-backed-by-blackrock-citadel-and-mubadala/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/blackrock-is-said-to-plan-to-buy-shares-in-circle-internet-ipo

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/06/city-investors-accused-financing-telegrams-toxic-business/

https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/2025/03/20/blackrock-microsoft-and-nvidia-chiefs-meet-uaes-sheikh-tahnoon-in-washington/

Telegram founder Durov allowed to leave France following arrest

The billionaire has been accused of failing to properly moderate his app to reduce criminality.

nanowiz May 28, 2025

so over the rocket penis!

#endofElon
#EndFossil