White House Instructs GSA to Add xAI’s Grok Chatbot to AI Vendor List

According to Shenchao TechFlow, the White House instructed the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to add xAI's Grok chatbot to its approved list of artificial intelligence vendors. xAI was not initially included in the GSA’s August 2025 approval list, which includes OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. Last week’s email showed GSA leadership asked to restore the xAI large language model, Grok 3 and Grok 4, to the purchase list. Government contractor Carahsoft has also updated its contract to include xAI, and as of August 29, 2025, two Grok versions have been available on the GSA Advantage market. xAI had previously announced the launch of a Grok version for U.S. government agencies, but approval was delayed due to offensive content generated by the chatbot. There is currently no information on pricing or government discounts for xAI services.