The fast-tracked deal is premised on SpaceX’s satellite prowess combining with xAI’s technology.

Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of controversy, as the tech billionaire continues to grapple with the fallout from a surge in sexualized deepfakes on his social platform X, while newly revealed emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein have drawn fresh scrutiny.

SpaceX, the rocket and satellite maker led by Elon Musk, said on Monday it had acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence company controlled by Mr. Musk, a sweeping move to consolidate his business empire as it faces questions about the cost of its A.I. ambitions.

NEW YORK — Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year.

Elon Musk tightens his grip over technologies that shape national security, social media, and artificial intelligence.

Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite internet service that provides connectivity in remote and underserved areas across the world. The service has grown quickly and now serves millions of users globally.

By Echo Wang and Joey Roulette Feb 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk's AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot.

CEO Elon Musk has hailed Tesla's new dry electrode process breakthrough in Lithium battery manufacturing. Incredibly Difficult To Work At Scale In a post on the social media platform X on Saturday, user @tslaming shared Tesla's patent filing,