Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company
Whatever the cause of the departures, the cumulative impact is alarming. There is a lot of work left to do at xAI, and an IPO will bring more scrutiny than the lab has ever faced…
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How Elon Musk is rewriting the rules on founder power
Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap,…
Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is getting a police department
The new department will have up to eight police officers and could be up and running in a few months.
French police search X office in Paris, summon Elon Musk for questioning
The Paris prosecutor’s office announced that it is expanding a criminal investigation into X for alleged crimes, including the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX officially acquires Elon Musk’s xAI, with plan to build data centers in space
The merger creates the world’s most valuable private company, and paves the way for Musk to try and prove out the usefulness of space-based data centers.
Indonesia ‘conditionally’ lifts ban on Grok
Indonesia has followed Malaysia and the Philippines in lifting a ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok.
Bye-bye corporate conglomerates. Hello personal conglomerates.
Elon Musk’s reported merging of SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla harkens back to the heyday of General Electric — or maybe the robber barons of the Gilded Age.
SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers
SpaceX’s filing claims these satellites will be “a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization — one that can harness the Sun’s full power.”