Equation 4 · Part 1 · A Timeline of xAI, Grok, and Colossus
Symbol g
What this part means
g is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Its job in the formula
g is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
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The passage around this formula
Read instead as a constant compounding rate — the assumption implicit whenever a “doubled again” claim is extrapolated forward — the same ninety-two-day doubling implies a daily multiplicative growth rate g solving (1+g)^{92} = 2 , or . about 0.76% per day. The two models diverge sharply once projected beyond the period they were actually measured over, and neither xAI’s announcements nor most press coverage specifies which one a given “doubling” claim is meant to imply. That ambiguity is worth naming explicitly rather than silently resolving in whichever direction makes the number more dramatic.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [16] xAI's AI Factories: From Colossus to MACROHARDRR in the Gigawatt Era ↗
- [10] xAI raises $6B Series C ↗
- [17] xAI's Colossus 2 - First Gigawatt Datacenter In The World, Unique RL Methodology, Capital Raise ↗
- [11] xAI Raises $20B Series E ↗
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