🚨Gavin Baker on why a potential xAI + Apple partnership makes sense: "On the internet, distribution wins championships." "Something that I think is interesting and relevant, particularly to Grok 4 being the best product, is the best product doesn't always win in technology." "In sports, they say 'defense wins championships.' And on the internet, distribution wins championships." "And Grok 4 has formidable competitors with lots of distribution." "And so from an industrial logic perspective, something that I think makes a lot of sense, particularly since OpenAI bought Jony Ive's hardware startup, which will place them into competition with Apple at some point, is xAI and Apple are natural partners." "There's been a lot of news about Apple thinking about buying Perplexity or Mistral, but that's just a Band-Aid. Those companies don't get Apple what they need." "And I think there is solid industrial logic for a partnership. You could have Apple Grok, Safe Grok, whatever you want to call it so that Apple feels comfortable." "And that probably also helps Grok in the enterprise. And then it also helps both Apple and Google with this DOJ trial." "And so I think, in this incredibly high ELO chess match that is being played between the leading labs, that partnership makes a lot of sense for both companies." @GavinSBaker @elonmusk @Apple @xai