"The frontier models Musk is referring to appear to be Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast, according to the GSA. The agreement will also provide agencies that adopt Grok an "upgrade path" to FedRAMP- and DoD Impact Level-aligned versions of xAI's bots. Grok has yet to receive approval from FedRAMP, the federal government's certification program that attests cloud services are safe to use."
"This being an Elon Musk operation, xAI is also naturally going to be "committing dedicated engineers to assist participating agencies" with their Grokification, potentially giving the billionaire another chance to scoop up some juicy government data for AI training, as some critics alleged happened during his time with DOGE, the Trump-established cost-gutting team Musk headed up before things went south between him and the President."
Federal agencies can access xAI's Grok under a GSA OneGov contract priced at $0.42 per agency for 18 months. The contract references Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast and offers an upgrade path toward FedRAMP- and DoD Impact Level–aligned versions, although Grok lacks FedRAMP approval. The OneGov program sets government-wide terms to lower software costs and speed acquisitions. Critics have sent protest letters and raised concerns that Grok is biased, untrustworthy, and has been tweaked to appease its billionaire owner. Grok previously produced an output calling itself "MechaHitler." xAI will commit engineers to assist agencies, raising data-training and privacy concerns. The agreement duration of 18 months exceeds similar 12-month discounts from OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft.
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