Elon Musk hints at ‘X Mail,’ a potential Gmail competitor

Rumors have been circulating for some time that Musk wants to create his own email service, which would be a direct competitor to the globally popular Gmail. Musk has now apparently confirmed such plans, but specific details on functionality and appearance are still lacking.

Musk posted a text message On X (formerly Twitter): “That’s exactly what we’re going to do.” This was in response Comment From a user who wrote the following:

“Honestly, I just want an email address that goes into a plain txt DM inbox and abstracts away the annoying and confusing threading/formatting mess of email

The main advantage of email is that it is a universal processing system and compatible with everything, so you do not need to download new applications, enter contacts or contact someone.”

So Musk seems to have confirmed that he plans to create at least a very simple email service that uses plain text emails sent in the form of direct messages. Around the same time, another user commented “X Mail would be cool,” Musk responded with another vague post: “Yeah. On the to-do list.

But that’s all we know about Musk’s potential Gmail rivals. A launch date for “X Mail” has not yet been set, and we don’t know how important this project is to Musk or how high of a priority it is. But if Musk’s Tesla announcement is any indication, expect a long time between the announcement and the product actually hitting the market.

Notably, the X Mail service would be a potential goldmine of data for Musk, which could then be fed into Grok, the generative artificial intelligence chatbot being developed by Musk’s xAI. If this is his long-term plan, it wouldn’t be surprising if this is one of his priorities.