{"id":215061,"date":"2026-02-18T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/elon-musks-spacex-acquires-xai\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:45:10","slug":"elon-musks-spacex-acquires-xai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/elon-musks-spacex-acquires-xai\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-18 17:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elon Musk. (Marc Piasecki \/ Getty Images file)<\/p>\n

(Marc Piasecki)<\/span><\/p>\n

SpaceX on Monday acquired xAI, the artificial intelligence startup that also owns the X social media platform, in a deal combining two companies owned by Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

Musk in a news release said that the combination would aim to pursue AI data centers in outer space.<\/p>\n

The deal comes on the verge of SpaceX’s highly anticipated initial public offering, which is expected to occur later this year.<\/p>\n

The deal creates “the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet, direct-to-mobile device communications and the world\u2019s foremost real-time information and free speech platform,” Musk said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The combined company will become the world\u2019s most valuable private company, worth more than $1.2 trillion, Bloomberg News reported. NBC News has not been able to verify the valuation, and the companies did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

Musk went on to say that space would be a crucial avenue for building advanced artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

“In the long term, space-based AI is obviously the only way to scale,” Musk wrote. “The only logical solution therefore is to transport these resource-intensive efforts to a location with vast power and space.”<\/p>\n

Musk also offered an ambitious timeline for starting to develop AI from space. He’s failed to meet many of the previous goals he set for his companies.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy estimate is that within 2 to 3 years, the lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space,\u201d he wrote in Monday\u2019s news release.<\/p>\n

SpaceX already conducts rocket tests using reusable parts, provides cellular phone and data services to T-Mobile customers, and is working with NASA to return humans to the moon in the near future.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, xAI, Musk’s bid to get in on the AI boom, has reportedly soared to a more than $200 billion valuation. Along the way, the company and its AI bot, Grok, have drawn criticism. Recently, the company limited…<\/p>\n

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