X Corp.
| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Predecessor | Twitter, Inc. |
| Founded | March 9, 2023 |
| Founder | Elon Musk |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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| Services | X (formerly Twitter) |
| Revenue | US$2.7 billion (2024) |
Number of employees | c. 1,500 (August 2023) |
| Parent | xAI |
| Subsidiaries | X Payments LLC |
| Website | about |
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X Corp. is an American tech company headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. Established by Elon Musk in 2023 as the successor to Twitter, Inc., it is a wholly owned subsidiary of xAI since March 28, 2025, which is itself partly owned by Musk. The company owns the social networking service X (formerly Twitter), and has announced plans to use it as a base for other offerings, including the incorporation of xAI's Grok and Aurora models. They also own the trademarks of services Vine, Periscope and X.com.