If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere

SpaceX has formally acquired another one of Elon Musk's companies, xAi, the space company announced on Monday afternoon.

Ars Technica 2026-02-03 Eric Berger

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@gerrylev @gerrylev on bluesky
And knowing Elon it will be at least 10 years later than he predicted.
SpaceX SpaceX on x
xAI joins SpaceX to Accelerate Humanity's Future
@graceihle Grace Kay on x
XAI and SpaceX branding will stay separate for now, according to a Q&A shared with employees on Monday. Collaboration between the companies will also be limited due to regulations around defense and space tech. The company plans to hold an all-hands on the acquisition.
@divestech Dan Ives on x
SpaceX and xAI combine...Tesla next? In our view there is a growing chance that Tesla will eventually be merged in some form into SpaceX/xAI over time. The view is this growing AI ecosystem will focus on Space and Earth together.....and Musk will look to combine forces 🏆🍿🐂♟️🔥
@neilcybart Neil Cybart on x
One thing to keep in mind when it comes to a SpaceX and Tesla combination: Most Tesla shareholders and analysts are with Musk. If he says jump, they will ask how high. As shown in the tweet below from Ives, the logic for a SpaceX and Tesla combination is basically YOLO. Also,
@seldo.com Laurie Voss on bluesky
Building data centers in space makes no sense btw and neither does this merger. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/t... [image]
@robpegoraro.com Rob Pegoraro on bluesky
Since Friday we've seen Blue Origin halt its space-tourism program so it can focus on building a human landing system for NASA, while SpaceX—which also owes NASA a lunar lander—will divert $250 billion in equity to ingest a money-burning AI platform so it can build 1 million data…
@rmac Ryan Mac on bluesky
Today is the third time Elon Musk has bought Twitter in four years.
@carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky
The turducken is live! — SpaceX has acquired xAI to hide two money losing products (X and Grok) in one money making business (Starlink). — I guess Elon's talks with himself to approve this deal went smoothly. 🙃
@luke_metro @luke_metro on x
narrative violation: being a founding engineer at xAI was incredibly lucrative
@bamabonds Will Slaughter on x
Elon rug-pulling SpaceX shareholders by diluting them out with $2 trillion plus of Tesla/Twitter funny money all while making himself the worlds first trillionaire via executive stock options is the greatest ever achievement in the the history of financial engineering.
@deredleritt3r Prinz on x
Current SpaceX shareholders (including Google) are getting diluted from the xAI acquisition. Each xAI share is converting into 0.1433 shares of SpaceX stock. This should mean that Google's share in the combined company will likely be less than 14%, but let's wait and see until
@louisgray Louis Gray on bluesky
Imagine being converted to .1433 shares with .142857 was right there. Just say 1/7th and move on. [embedded post]
@dmasten David Masten on x
It means we need a serious launch company that can do multiple launches per day that isn't SpaceX. Ahem.
@om @om on x
What amazing times we live in now. A $16 billion funding for @Waymo (congrats team, ❤️the product) is an afterthought thanks to the mega deal between @SpaceX & @xai It might be the smartest deal of the year or simply the best value enhancement since the Kardashian Clan

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