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Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire after SpaceX's successful initial public offering, or IPO. The company's stock was priced at $135 per share, and Musk owned roughly $860 billion worth of the stock. When you add this to his stake in Tesla, his total wealth is now over $1 trillion. This news comes at a time when Musk is more disliked and more powerful than ever, having spent $300 million funding Donald Trump's presidential campaign and getting involved in the Trump administration. Musk's involvement in the Trump administration was marked by controversy, particularly his role in leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. This department was criticized for canceling contracts without proper review, which had significant consequences. For example, the decision to dismantle USAID, a department that provided aid to developing countries, has been linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths. Musk's actions have been widely criticiz...

Hot off the press! Elon Musk just announced some super ambitious plans to start making his own computer chips for both Tesla and SpaceX. He's calling this new facility "Terafab" and it's set to be built near Tesla's headquarters in Austin. Basically, Musk says chip makers today aren't fast enough to keep up with his companies' massive needs for artificial intelligence and robotics. So, his solution? Build them himself! He wants this factory to churn out enough chips to power huge computing tasks here on Earth and even a crazy amount for projects in space. He didn't give a timeline, though, and it's worth remembering that Musk sometimes makes big promises that take a while to fully materialize. This is a pretty big deal because if he pulls it off, it means Tesla and SpaceX would be way less dependent on outside companies for a critical part of their tech. Think about how many chips go into self-driving cars or advanced rockets! Being able to ...

FRI, 14 MAR 2026 Breaking this morning, it looks like Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is undergoing a massive shakeup. It turns out that almost all of the original co-founders who started the company with Musk three years ago have now left. Musk himself admitted that xAI "was not built right the first time around" and is essentially being rebuilt from the ground up. The company is trying to catch up to big names like OpenAI and Anthropic, especially in creating AI tools that help people write computer code, which is a huge market right now. They've even paused a big project called "Macrohard" (yes, really!) which aimed to create an AI assistant for white-collar work. Now, Tesla is getting involved, linking it to their "Digital Optimus" robot project. Why You Should Care: This story really shows how incredibly competitive and challenging the world of AI development is right now. Even with huge backing, companies are struggling to keep up, retain...