{"id":21899,"date":"2026-02-07T14:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/why-has-elon-musk-merged-his-rocket-company-with-his-ai-startup\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:37:16","slug":"why-has-elon-musk-merged-his-rocket-company-with-his-ai-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/why-has-elon-musk-merged-his-rocket-company-with-his-ai-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup?"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX\u2019s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questioned<\/p>\n

The acquisition of xAI by SpaceX<\/a> is a typical Elon Musk deal: big numbers backed by big ambition.<\/p>\n

As well as extending \u201cthe light of consciousness to the stars\u201d, as Musk described it, the transaction creates a business worth $1.25tn (\u00a3920bn) by combining Musk\u2019s rocket company with his artificial intelligence startup. It values SpaceX at $1tn and xAI at $250bn, with a stock market flotation expected in June<\/a> to time with Musk\u2019s birthday and a planetary alignment.<\/p>\n

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\nSpaceX\u2019s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questioned
\nThe acquisition of xAI by SpaceX is a typical Elon Musk deal: big numbers backed by big ambition.
\nAs well as extending \u201cthe light of consciousness to the stars\u201d, as Musk described it, the transaction creates a business worth $1.25tn (\u00a3920bn) by combining Musk\u2019s rocket company with his artificial intelligence startup. It values SpaceX at $1tn and xAI at $250bn, with a stock market flotation expected in June to time with Musk\u2019s birthday and a planetary alignment. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SpaceX\u2019s acquisition of xAI creates business worth $1.25tn but whether premise behind deal will work is questioned The acquisition of xAI by SpaceX is a typical Elon Musk deal: big numbers backed by big ambition. As well as extending \u201cthe light of consciousness to the stars\u201d, as Musk described it, the transaction creates a business …<\/p>\n

Why has Elon Musk merged his rocket company with his AI startup?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21900,"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\/21899"}],"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=21899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}