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April 3, 2025

Elon Musk’s xAI no longer working with German startup Black Forest Labs

The startup courted controversy helping Musk’s Grok chatbot generate fake images

Buzzy German AI startup Black Forest Labs is no longer working with Elon Musk’s xAI, Sifted has learned.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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