# Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company.

*genai · news · 2026-02-03 · Staten Island Advance*

## Key points

- SpaceX has acquired Musk's AI company xAI to create a single merged entity before an IPO.
- The merged company will integrate Grok chatbot, Starlink, and X social media platform under SpaceX.
- Musk claims space-based data centers could offer the lowest AI compute costs within 2 to 3 years.
- xAI plans a $20 billion data center project in Mississippi named MACROHARDRR, its third in Memphis area.
- Google's Project Suncatcher also explores solar-powered AI satellites, revealing emerging competition in space-based AI.

**Companies:** SpaceX, Microsoft, Google, xAI
**Countries:** United States

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