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.

Microsoft said Monday that it is adding Grok — the AI model produced by Elon Musk's xAI — to the growing list of third-party AI models it offers via its cloud service. Why it matters: Microsoft is trying to convince developers and businesses that its AI strategy is a better bet than those from its partner OpenAI and a slew of competitors,

In a bold move, Microsoft has partnered with Elon Musk's xAI to bring the Grok AI chatbot to its Azure cloud platform, even after recent backlash over the model's controversial responses. Announced during Microsoft's Build 2025 developer conference,