Inside Elon Musk’s $1.25 trillion AI and space megamerger

The fast-tracked deal is premised on SpaceX’s satellite prowess combining with xAI’s technology.

Elon Musk’s bold new plan to put AI in orbit isn’t as crazy as it sounds

Elon Musk believes the best way to solve the difficulties of building AI data centers on earth is to move them into outer space. His merger this week of his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence company xAI could help get them there.

Musk predicts more AI capacity will be in orbit than on earth in 5 years, with SpaceX becoming a ‘hyper-hyper’ scaler

Musk said getting all that AI and solar capacity in space will require about 10,000 launches a year—or a launch in less than an hour every day.

Musk's mega-merger of SpaceX and xAI bets on sci-fi future of data centers in space

By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette Feb 4 (Reuters) - Seventy-five years ago, the idea of harnessing the power of the skies was little more than fantasy spun by futurists like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov.

SpaceX acquires xAI as Elon Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions

Elon Musk said on Feb. 2 that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI, combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot in a move aimed at unifying Musk's AI and space ambitions.