Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI
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Elon Musk announced this week that SpaceX will acquire xAI with hopes to build datacenters in space.
By Echo Wang and Joey Roulette Feb 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk's AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot.
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, just combined his companies SpaceX and xAI, creating the most valuable privately-owned company in the world.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired xAI in a record-setting transaction aimed at expanding AI computing capacity, including potential space-based data centers powered by solar energy.