Elon Musk, who created his own version of ChatGPT called Grok, now appears to be gearing up to challenge the popular email service Gmail, which is owned by Google. Musk, the head of X, is reportedly working on his own email service called Xmail, which aligns with the name of his microblogging site X, formerly known as Twitter.
According to a report from the Dailymail, Musk mentioned on X platform that a new product called Xmail is in the works. There aren’t many details about it yet, and we don’t know when it will be ready. But it’s anticipated that the mail service will be part of the X app.
The development came to fore after Nate, an engineer at X, made a post, asking, “When we making Xmail/” To this, Musk replied in his characteristic nonchalance, “It’s coming”.
While Musk is known for making tall claims, he has also made some sweeping changes to X after he acquired it. Even if Xmail makes it, taking on Gmail would be a mammoth task. Reportedly, Gmail has over 1.8 billion users as of 2024.
After people noticed the exchange, Xmail became a hot topic on X with over 15,000 posts. Many users reacted by sharing memes and sharing their strong opinions about Musk’s new project. Here are some responses from the platform.
