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Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are considering a merger that would form a $3.5 trillion mega company.
"I do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."
Tesla and SpaceX have formed special committees to discuss a possible merger, Elon Musk said during the latter's third quarter earnings call Tuesday. Musk, who serves as CEO of both companies, said the special committees have not reached agreement on the terms of any transaction - and that there's no guarantee that they will. That […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company would attempt to catch Starship and its booster next month, with the goal of recovering the entire orbital launch system for the first time. If successful, Musk said, the attempt would mark the first time in history an orbital launch vehicle has been fully recovered. "This is a […]
SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.
SpaceX announced revenues of $14.6 billion in its Q3 earnings on Tuesday, which it says was a growth of 161 percent year-over-year "fueled by our Super Intelligence (SI) segment and accelerated growth in Connectivity." While its Space division posted a $7 million loss in income from operations, its Connectivity group posted income from operations $2.4 […]
A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.