XChat Hits No. 1 on the US App Store, Beating ChatGPT and Claude Within Hours of Launch

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Elon Musk's XChat messaging app debuted at the top of the US App Store free chart on Saturday, overtaking OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude within hours of its iPhone release. The milestone was shared by X head of product Nikita Bier, who previously led consumer growth strategies that took apps TBH and Gas to the top of the charts — making the No. 1 debut less of a surprise and more of a calculated launch execution. The chart performance hands Musk an early win in his push to build a unified platform combining messaging, AI assistance, and payments under the X brand.XChat is built in Rust with what X describes as Bitcoin-style encryption, offering end-to-end encrypted chats, voice and video calls, and file transfers without requiring a phone number to sign up.

Group chats currently support up to 481 members, with X targeting a 1,000-seat cap in the coming weeks. An integrated Grok assistant allows users to summarize files and draft messages directly inside conversations, positioning XChat not just as a messenger but as an AI-enhanced communication tool competing directly with WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal while simultaneously challenging ChatGPT and Claude on their own turf.

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