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Finnish e-motor startup Donut Lab raised €25 million ($29.2 million) in a seed funding round led by Risto Siilasmaa, the founder of cybersecurity company WithSecure (formerly F-Secure). Risto has also joined Donut Lab’s board.
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Tesla Adds Grok AI Chatbot to Cars — Here's What It Can (and Can’t) DoTesla has launched a software update for its vehicles, introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) language model called Grok. According to Electrek, Tesla stated in its launch notes (2025.26) that Grok is now available in Tesla.
Launched on Saturday, the latest firmware update for Tesla cars brings Grok functionality to some vehicles — namely, only those with an AMD chip inside. That means only Teslas produced around mid-2021 or later can access Grok.
After sparking controversy for anti-Semitic social media posts, xAI's Grok AI is enabled on some Teslas via Summer Update 2025.26. Here's everything we know.
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CarExpert on MSNTesla adds Grok AI assistant to its vehiclesArtificial Intelligence software from Elon Musk's 'X’ social media platform is now in all Tesla cars sold in the US; Australia may follow.
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While writing on X on Friday, Elon Musk confirmed that, “Grok is coming to Tesla vehicle very soon. Next week at the latest.” Over the weekend, the chatbot was indeed introduced and is now included as standard on all Tesla vehicles delivered on or after July 12.
Grok is now available in Tesla vehicles that have AMD Ryzen-based infotainment systems. It also requires Premium Connectivity or access
As Elon Musk contemplates the relationship between several of his companies, he said on social media that Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to invest in xAI.
Tesla stock rose Monday morning after CEO Elon Musk said Tesla should be able to invest in his xAI startup pending a shareholder vote. This would be another instance of the “Muskonomy” at play, where Musk’s companies become more financially intertwined,