Feb. 3, 2026
SpaceX Acquires xAI
As SpaceX acquires xAI, all of Elon’s companies under one umbrella is pretty much an inevitability isn’t it? What is with this weird game of chicken that Nvidia and OpenAI and now Oracle are all engaging in all of the sudden. And self-driving cars are about to be ubiquitous, indication number 37.
- Musk’s SpaceX Combines With xAI at $1.25 Trillion Valuation (Bloomberg)
- SpaceX acquires xAI, plans to launch a massive satellite constellation to power it (ArsTechnica)
- OpenAI's Codex just got its own Mac app - and anyone can try it for free now (ZDNet)
- Exclusive: OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives, sources say (Reuters)
- Waymo Raises $16 Billion From Alphabet and Others to Expand (Bloomberg)
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