The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came into being at the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term in office with his friend and supporter, Elon Musk, at the helm.
Musk was both effective and controversial. He said from Day 1 that the goal was to embed the DOGE state-of-mind into every aspect of the federal government.
After a very public break-up between Trump and Musk, the two appeared to reunite at the recent memorial service for Charlie Kirk. Supporters looked on hoping the two friends would patch things up. It appears they have - at least on the DOGE front.
The General Services Administration (GSA) announced that federal agencies will now have access to Musk’s Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast as part of an agreement with xAI, for only $0.42 per organization in an effort that Elon Musk says will “drive innovation in government”.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing nearly every aspect of society. Although there are concerns for sure, there is little doubt that when it comes to efficiency in a lot of tasks, it is making things easier, quicker and, often better.
xAI is also committing dedicated engineers to assist agencies with rapidly and effectively implementing these AI tools into their work.
“Widespread access to advanced AI models is essential to building the efficient, accountable government that taxpayers deserve—and to fulfilling President Trump’s promise that America will win the global AI race,” said Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum.
Elon Musk, xAI cofounder and CEO, said “xAI has the most powerful AI compute and most capable AI models in the world. Thanks to President Trump and his administration, xAI’s frontier AI is now unlocked for every federal agency empowering the U.S. Government to innovate faster and accomplish its mission more effectively than ever before.”
xAI will deliver introductory training programs and work with agencies to facilitate secure integration.
GSA said, “Access to AI tools is essential to meeting President Trump’s priorities to modernize federal government operations, from predictive analytics in government acquisition to intelligent automation in administrative processes. This partnership will empower agencies to tackle complex challenges with greater agility and insight.”