It doesn't sound like much coming from the world's wealthiest man and multi-billionaire, and it's not really on a per user basis.

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xAI, founded by Elon Musk, has opened its API to the public and is offering $25 per month in free API credits until the end of the year. Despite the limited amount of credit, the API supports function calling and is compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs. The API pricing is higher compared to competitors, and the context limit is similar to OpenAI's GPT-4o but lower than Anthropic's and Google Gemini's models. A new Grok vision model is expected soon.

xAI woos developers with $25/month worth of API credits, support for OpenAI, Anthropic SDKs

Is $25 per month with 2 months remaining really that much of a carrot?