Musk Pledges SpaceX Shares to ‘Every Kid in America’

Bloomberg Technology Monday 19 October 2026, 10:43 UTC 1 min read

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Elon Musk says he will gift a share of SpaceX to each American child, in a post on X, the social media platform he owns. The move comes just hours after artificial intelligence competitor Anthropic PBC said it would set aside a portion of its shares for the public benefit. Matt Bloxham of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.

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