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Grok API recently launched a very affordable event to the public. As long as you top up for $5, you can get the official $150 bonus every month. But this activity has a prerequisite, you need to join your team to the official data sharing program (i.e. you agree to share all API requests from your team with xAI, but not personal privacy information), you cannot exit once you join the program, and then spend at least $5 on the API, and make sure your region is not on the list of non-qualified countries listed by xAI to join the program.
31 countries that are not supported:
Ireland
Croatia
Norway
Germany
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Portugal
Slovenia
France
Iceland
Belgium
Romania
Spain
Austria
Finland
Sweden
Netherlands
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Denmark
Luxembourg
Poland
Hungary
Greece
United Kingdom
Bulgaria
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Estonia
Slovakia
Cyprus
At present, the official has not stated the duration of the interaction, and has not said how many months the "monthly gift" will be given, nor has it guaranteed that it will be given away every month in the future. Therefore, the duration and content of the event may change according to the internal policies of xAI.
1. Register a Grok account, [ Grok registration tutorial ].
2. Open the Grok API console page , click "Billing" in the lower left corner, click "Payment", and then fill in the billing address (you can change the country to China and fill in the specific address in Chinese), and add the payment method (credit cards support internationally common VISA, MasterCard, etc., such as China Merchants Bank and CCB)
3. Click "Purchase credits" in the lower right.
4. After jumping, click on "Purchase credits" of "Prepaid credits" and buy it for $5.
5. After the purchase is successful, the balance of the "Prepaid credits" part will become 5 US dollars, and the "Insufficial Spending" above will become "Data Sharing". Click this button and then click "Confirm" to join the data sharing plan and obtain a free credit.
6. After successfully joining the data sharing plan, refresh this page, and the balance of "Free credits" will become US$150. After that, US$150 will be automatically received on the 1st of each month, and there is no need to collect it manually. The unused amount last month will not be accumulated.