For those paying attention, Elon's companies are running out of money and he's trying to save them by shifting cash from one to another. No doubt that Tesla will also be paying for 'Grok integration' into cars.
PS. For those about to write that Tesla has 30B in cash - it would be a very nice runaway for a small company, but when you are a carmaker employing 100k people and producing cars that are not selling, that cash pile burns really quickly.
It will be as impressive as it is shortsighted if we throw away a strong lead in space (at least the US chunk of it) due at least partially to political feuding and populism.
I do wish the fellow had stuck with the boring (hah) business of space colonies and robot cars instead of getting sidetracked and baited with other stuff.
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I do wish the fellow had stuck with the boring (hah) business of space colonies and robot cars instead of getting sidetracked and baited with other stuff.