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Tesla-SpaceX Merger Is Elon Musk’s Biggest AI Bet Yet
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A Tesla-SpaceX Merger Would Make a Daunting Foe — For Now Musk is betting his empire on the AI infrastructure business, which has become a cash machine. This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to Bloomberg’s AI Today newsletter.
A Tesla-SpaceX Merger Would Make a Daunting Foe — For Now
Musk is betting his empire on the AI infrastructure business, which has become a cash machine.
This article is for subscribers only.
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After months of rumors, Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla and SpaceX are working towards a merger, and AI — which was not the business of either company — is the big reason driving the combination. SpaceX just showed that AI revenue is already surpassing that of the firm’s prior primary driver: connectivity. There’s fresh evidence, in other words, that AI can generate billions for SpaceX. At least, for now.