# Andrew Torba on Silicon Valley: “Silicon Valley is spending billions and billions of dollars …”

> Silicon Valley is spending billions and billions of dollars to prevent what you saw @grok was capable of today. — 123.9K likes, 8.5K reposts on X.

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- **Updated:** 2026-10-15
- **Category:** social
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## Key data

- **Author:** @BasedTorba
- **Verified:** Yes
- **Rank today:** #2 of 14
- **Posted:** 2025-07-08 23:34 UTC

Silicon Valley is spending billions and billions of dollars to prevent what you saw @grok was capable of today.

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## Sources

1. [@BasedTorba on X](https://x.com/BasedTorba/status/1942729073387548924)
2. [AISA Twitter API](https://aisa.one/docs/api-reference/twitter/get_twitter-tweet-advanced-search)

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