Elon Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire
Elon Musk became the first person to amass a personal fortune of over $1,000,000,000,000—that’s 12 zeros—after shares of his rocket company SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday. …
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Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of SpaceX and also leads Tesla.
Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins
… A pop-up on the post on X’s mobile app says it was boosted by @elonmusk, who also owns the platform. …
How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They ‘Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’
… Musk responded simply, “Yes.” Around the time Musk lost the power struggle, emails show that he held discussions with executives at Tesla and Neuralink, his brain-computer interface company, about hiring OpenAI employees. At the time, Musk was still a board member of OpenAI. …
Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
… But a SAIN representative, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation from Musk, told WIRED that this structure represents a real threat to the company that investors and banks backing the IPO are not taking seriously. “This IPO is a liability shift,” they say. “Elon is responsible for a… …
Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’
… Molo explained that Musk lobbied governments to pass regulations addressing the prospect of so-called artificial general intelligence, including meeting with then-president Barack Obama in 2015. “But the government was not stepping up,” Molo said. “Elon felt he had to do something.” Around the same… …
Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
… The document continues, “One major issue for Tesla is when people think of Elon and AI, they think of OpenAI.” Another part of the FAQ labeled “Who?” lists several Tesla executives who were planned to lead the unit, including Musk and Andrej Karpathy, a former OpenAI researcher. …
Elon Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAI’s Models to Train Its Own
While testifying on Thursday in federal court, Elon Musk seemed to indicate that his AI lab may have used OpenAI’s models to train xAI’s own. …
SpaceX IPO Puts Elon Musk’s ‘Extreme’ Ownership to the Test
The principle has served SpaceX and its cofounder and CEO Elon Musk well. …
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
… Tesla Takedown helped promote the protests. “SpaceX wants the public to buy into the myth of the final frontier—but this is really a desperate cash-out before the cracks in Musk's empire become impossible to ignore,” Tesla Takedown tells WIRED. “Exploding rockets, a militarized Starlink, dangerous … …
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
… Update May 18, 2026, 5:00 pm EST: This story was updated with comments from the judge, attorneys for Elon Musk and OpenAI, Microsoft, X posts from Musk, and additional background about the trial. …