Silicon Valley companies like xAI, Groq, and New Relic have all used the name Grok for their AI-related products.
The term 'grok' was popularized by Robert A Heinlein's science fiction novel 'Stranger in a Strange Land'.
Grok means to understand things intuitively and empathetically, which aligns with the goal of creating advanced AI systems.
Silicon Valley has a history of drawing inspiration from science fiction, such as OpenAI's references to Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.