Musk’s SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of planned IPO, source says

Musk’s SpaceX in merger talks with xAI ahead of planned IPO, source says

By Echo Wang and Joey Roulette NEW YORK, Jan 29 (Reuters) – SpaceX and Elon Musk’s xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a successful public offering planned for later this year. The combination would bring Musk’s rockets, Starlink satellites, social media platform X and Grok AI chatbot under one roof, according to a … Read more

Tesla invests $2 billion in Musk’s xAI and reiterates Cybercab production starts this year

Tesla invests  billion in Musk’s xAI and reiterates Cybercab production starts this year

By Akash Sriram and Abhirup Roy Jan 28 (Reuters) – Tesla said on Wednesday it will invest $2 billion in CEO Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI – and that production plans for the Cybercab robot taxi are on track for this year. The news bolstered Musk’s plan to transform Tesla from an electric vehicle … Read more

Trump DOJ admits Social Security DOGE staff worked with political group trying to ‘overturn election results’

Trump DOJ admits Social Security DOGE staff worked with political group trying to ‘overturn election results’

Two staffers from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency team at the Social Security Administration secretly contacted a right-wing advocacy group trying to “overturn the election results,” according to the Justice Department. A court filing in a long-running lawsuit targeting DOGE’s Social Security efforts reveals that at least one DOGE employee signed an agreement … Read more

Elon Musk has said that automakers don’t want to license Tesla FSD. We are beginning to see why.

Elon Musk has said that automakers don’t want to license Tesla FSD. We are beginning to see why.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he has offered to license full autonomous driving to other automakers. Companies like Ford and Rivian have announced in recent weeks that they will pursue self-driving indoors. Nvidia has also released a toolkit that lowers the barrier to entry for range tracking. Elon Musk has called traditional automakers’ reluctance … Read more

Ayatollah vs Musk showdown shapes Iran’s fate

Ayatollah vs Musk showdown shapes Iran’s fate

In two words, Elon Musk changed the classic methods of revolution forever. “Turn on Starlink,” he said in a social media post about Iran in 2022, suddenly giving the Islamic Republic’s 90 million citizens the ability to access the Internet in a way that no regime could block or censor. It was an extraordinary challenge … Read more

Elon Musk asked people to upload their medical data to X so his AI company could learn to interpret MRIs and CT scans

Elon Musk asked people to upload their medical data to X so his AI company could learn to interpret MRIs and CT scans

In Elon Musk’s world, AI is the new MD. X’s owner encourages users to upload their medical test results, such as CT scans and bone scans, to the platform so that Grok, X’s AI chatbot, can learn how to interpret them effectively. He previously said that this information will be used to train X’s AI … Read more

Forget the SpaceX IPO in 2026. This space stock is 1500 times cheaper.

Forget the SpaceX IPO in 2026. This space stock is 1500 times cheaper.

By now you’ve heard the news: SpaceX will conduct an initial public offering in 2026 — at a $1.5 trillion valuation. CEO Elon Musk personally owns 42% of the company. Added to the $484 billion Musk is already worth, a $1.5 trillion valuation on SpaceX would officially make him the world’s first trillionaire. wow Despite … Read more

‘China listens to everything I say:’ Elon Musk finally admits China is winning the EV race he helped start and thought BYD was a joke

‘China listens to everything I say:’ Elon Musk finally admits China is winning the EV race he helped start and thought BYD was a joke

Image credit: Daniel Oberhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons When the richest person in the world talks about a global superpower in energy terms, we listen. On a recent episode of the Moonshots podcast, Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk dropped a line that instantly lit up business and tech circles. He joked that … Read more