{"id":21827,"date":"2026-02-03T08:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/elon-musk-merges-spacex-with-xai-at-1-25tn-valuation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:37:14","slug":"elon-musk-merges-spacex-with-xai-at-1-25tn-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/elon-musk-merges-spacex-with-xai-at-1-25tn-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world\u2019s most valuable private company<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/feb\/03\/gold-silver-prices-markets-stabilise-spacex-buys-xai-uk-inflation-stock-markets-business-live-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (\u00a3910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk\u2019s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies announced the deal on Monday in a statement on SpaceX\u2019s website, saying the merger would form \u201cthe most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world\u2019s foremost real-time information and free speech platform\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2026\/feb\/02\/elon-musk-spacex-xai-merger\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/83b03182f5b065e02d70039e2ba3c58756588013\/418_0_4164_3333\/master\/4164.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dc380f23592658517a76fa3a8f4f5f02\" title=\"Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation\" \/>Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world\u2019s most valuable private company<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nElon Musk\u2019s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (\u00a3910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk\u2019s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year.<br \/>\nThe two companies announced the deal on Monday in a statement on SpaceX\u2019s website, saying the merger would form \u201cthe most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world\u2019s foremost real-time information and free speech platform\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world\u2019s most valuable private company Business live \u2013 latest updates Elon Musk\u2019s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (\u00a3910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk\u2019s empire as SpaceX prepares to go public later this year. The two &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/elon-musk-merges-spacex-with-xai-at-1-25tn-valuation\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elon Musk merges SpaceX with xAI at $1.25tn valuation<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21827"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}