TitanX walked away from a mid-six-figure Grok Bot deal after the pilot succeeded
TitanX CEO Joey Gilkey says a successful Grok Bot pilot died at signing over quality drops, no model control, and Musk's unsustainable-cost comments.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: x.com
Why it matters
Gilkey sells annual enterprise contracts for a living, and his stated reasons for walking away - model swaps without buyer control, abrupt limit changes, and a vendor conceding serving costs outrun revenue - are the objections now facing every AI startup asking customers to sign for a year.
TitanX founder and CEO Joey Gilkey (@JoeyGilkey) said on November 8th that his company walked away from a mid-six-figure contract to roll out Grok Bot across the organization at SpaceXAI, after a pilot he described as successful.…
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