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Elon Musk rearranges the deck chairs on his personal Titanic [1]

['Jason Weisberger']

Date: 2026-02-03  

Elon is playing a shell game; every time he screws up a company, Musk folds it into another and tells his investors this is innovation. Dumping his CSAM-generating AI company into his space ship company feels like a fairytale intended to keep valuations alive.

Having blown billions on Twitter, then renamed it and later attempted to hide it inside xAI, the home of "Mecha-Hitler," Musk has shown us the future. Now he is tucking xAI inside of SpaceX, his rocket and satellite internet company. Combining a chatbot best known for bigotry, hate, and child porn is certainly the future of humanity.

Tesla stopped being a car company and will become a humanoid robot company when no one needs or wants humanoid robots. xAI is a bloated valuation hiding behind a racist chatbot. SpaceX lives on government subsidies. Let's not forget his tunneling technology company, although it appears Musk has. This is less innovation and more a confidence grift.

His rocket venture, SpaceX, announced on Monday that it had bought xAI in an effort to help the world's richest man dominate the rocket and artificial intelligence businesses. The deal will combine several of his offerings, including his AI chatbot Grok, his satellite communications company Starlink, and his social media company X. … It's a goal that Musk suggested in his announcement of the deal could become easier to reach with a combined company. "In the long term, space-based AI is obviously the only way to scale," Musk wrote on SpaceX's website Monday, then added in reference to solar power, "It's always sunny in space!" AP

At somepoint we stop talking about Musk as an "innovator" and accept that he is playing a shell game. Thus far, his most meaningful act has been to funnel money to help fuel the Republican induced nightmare that the United States has become.

Previously:

• How Musk went from tech hero to 'one of the most hated men in America

• 'Free' Starlink service for hurricane survivors costs $349 up front

• New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Buzzfeed say they won't pay for Twitter verification

• More staff than customers at Tesla diner

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