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Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company.
SpaceX has acquired xAI, merging Musk's AI chatbot Grok with Starlink and X.
KEY POINTS
- Musk predicts space-based AI compute will be the lowest cost option within 2 to 3 years.
- xAI plans to build a $20 billion data center called MACROHARDRR near the Mississippi-Tennessee border.
- Investor 1789 Capital, linked to Donald Trump Jr., has invested over $1 billion in Musk's companies recently.
- Google's Project Suncatcher also aims for solar-powered, satellite-based AI, with a prototype possibly launching next year.
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