Musk battles Twitter market manipulation case in court appearance
ft - Billionaire says tweet that sparked lawsuit ‘may not have been my wisest’
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Saudi Arabia Invests $3B in Elon Musk’s xAI Empire
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Money talks.In AI, it also buys megawatts. Humain says it has poured $3 billion into Elon Musk’s xAI, a move that spotlights how the AI race is shifting from splashy launches to buildout math: capital, compute, power, and the places you can actually build…
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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI
ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy
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Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger
David Curry / eweek - Six of xAI’s 12 co-founders have left as Musk reshapes the Grok maker after SpaceX’s xAI deal, raising fresh questions about stability.The post Six xAI Co-Founders Exit Amid Grok Controversy, SpaceX Merger appeared first on eWEEK.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 3:20 pm / permalink 19097 / 5 stories in 22 days
Senior engineers, including co-founders, exit xAI amid controversy
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - At least nine engineers, including two cofounders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.
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xAI Cofounder Tony Wu Resigns Days After $1.25 Trillion SpaceX Merger
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Tony Wu resigned from xAI on Monday, becoming at least the fifth cofounder to leave Musk's AI startup. His exit comes days after SpaceX acquired xAI in a $1.25 trillion deal.
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SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar 'Self-Growing City' Over Mars Project, Musk Says
EditorDavid / slashdot - "Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a 'self-growing city' on the moon," reports Reuters, "which could be achieved in less than 10 years."SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars withi…
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SpaceX Acquires xAI: How Much Is The Combined Company Worth?
slashgear - Two Elon Musk-owned companies, SpaceX and xAI, have begun a massive merger. What will be the result of the combination and how much will it be worth?
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Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
Russell Brandom / techcrunch - We’re starting to see the idea of Musk-owned orbital AI data clusters cohere into an actual plan.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 5, 2026, 6:22 pm / permalink 18816 / 10 stories in 29 days
Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - On Monday, Elon Musk announced that he was merging two of his companies, SpaceX and xAI, in a deal said to be worth $1.25 trillion. The reason, Musk said in an announcement, was that in order for AI to grow, it needed to go to space. AI relies on "large t…
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 6:21 pm / permalink 18720 / 13 stories in 4 wks
Elon Musk’s X offices stormed by cyber-crime police in France
news.com.au - Cyber-crime police have stormed Elon Musk’s offices in France over “deepfakes and holocaust denial”.
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Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 18694 / 31 stories in 4 wks
Elon Musk's SpaceX acquiring AI startup xAI ahead of potential IPO
cnbc - Musk is combining rocket maker SpaceX with his AI startup, the largest tie-up in his expansive business portfolio.
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Indonesia conditionally lifts ban on xAI’s Grok chatbot
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has conditionally lifted its ban on xAI’s chatbot Grok after X sent a letter outlining concrete steps for service improvements and the prevention of misuse. The decision follows bans imposed by Sou…
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SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of a million satellites to power AI needs
Jackson Chen / engadget - Elon Musk and his aerospace company have requested to build a network that's 100 times the number of satellites that are currently in orbit. On Friday, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a million satell…
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Tesla kills off the Model S and Model X amid second straight year of losses
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Tesla is reportedly discontinuing its two oldest models amid a second year of revenue losses. According to an earnings call conducted on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that it will end production of the Model S and Model X next quarter, with Mus…
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI might merge into one company
Jay Peters / theverge - SpaceX and xAI, which are both led by Elon Musk, are "in discussions to merge" ahead of SpaceX's IPO that's planned for later this year, Reuters reports. The merger would help with SpaceX's plans to launch data centers into space, according to the publica…
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Tesla discontinuing Model S and Model X to make room for robots
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Tesla will discontinue the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of 2026, Elon Musk said in an earnings call with investors today. Musk said the reasons for cancelling the vehicle programs was to make room at Tesla's Fremont factory for production of …
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Back to Top / Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18509 / 28 stories in 5 wks
Tesla hits a grim milestone: its second straight year of decline
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Tesla just reported its second consecutive year of declining revenue and profits, further complicating Elon Musk's $1 trillion effort to transform his company into a leader in AI and robotics. Meanwhile, the global EV market continues to grow, seemingly i…
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EU investigates X for sexual AI images made by Grok
Mels Dees / techzine - The European Union has launched a formal investigation into social media platform X for possible violations of European legislation on illegal and harmful content. The investigation was prompted by public outrage after manipulated, sexually suggestive ima…
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Back to Top / Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18437 / 16 stories in 5 wks
EU probes Elon Musk’s X following Grok sexual images
Eliza Gkritsi / politico - European Commission's move follows explosion of sexually explicit deepfakes of women and children.
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