xAI all-hands meeting: Elon Musk told employees that xAI needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
New York Times
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Discussion
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@dancow
Dan Nguyen
on bluesky
imagine joining SpaceX to build an interplanetary spaceship to Mars, and then suddenly having to to sit through meetings about going to the moon in a decade maybe, and also how you need to help boost monthly active X users and ad clicks [embedded post]
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@acidrains
Stephanie Rains
on bluesky
I've been in some very strange work meetings in my time, but the mind boggles what it was like in that room. [embedded post]
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r/actutech
r
on reddit
Elon Musk veut construire une usine de satellites IA sur la Lune
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@parismarx.com
Paris Marx
on bluesky
“elon musk says” is just some of the worst gotcha clickbait the media engages in [embedded post]
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@campuscodi.risky.biz
Catalin Cimpanu
on bluesky
tl;dr: the ketamine he took at the Super Bowl has produced its effects [embedded post]
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@stevekovach
Steve Kovach
on bluesky
This is going to be an interesting S-1 [embedded post]
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@rmac
Ryan Mac
on bluesky
AI satellite factory on the moon? Giant space catapult? Self-sustaining city on the moon? A billion daily active users on X? — Elon Musk made all these predictions in an internal meeting with xAI employees last night. We listened in. — www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/t...
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
on bluesky
Looney Tunes ass company [embedded post]
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@chrislawley.me
Christopher Lawley
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This may be the greatest headline ever written. Each word gets more and more comical after the other. — I too need factories on the moon for AI, and of course, how would one launch them with or without a catapult? I just don't see how we as a species can survive without it. …
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@xai
@xai
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Since xAI was formed just 30 months ago, the small and talented team has made remarkable progress. The future has never looked more exciting! [video]
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@rmac
Ryan Mac
on bluesky
*Stefon voice* — “Outer space's hottest club is going to have an AI satellite factory, a giant catapult, and 1 billion people posting nonconsensual sexual imagery created by a chatbot” [embedded post]