# SpaceX
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Musk’s SpaceX–xAI Tie-Up Pushes His Net Worth Past the $800bn Mark — and Raises Strategic Stakes
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI have merged in a deal that Forbes estimates added roughly $84 billion to his net worth, pushing him past the $800 billion threshold to a record level around $852 billion. The combined company is being valued privately at about $1.25 trillion, with Musk holding an estimated 43% stake, and is preparing for an eventual IPO and index inclusion that could unlock significant liquidity.
Musk’s Space Data‑Centre Ambition Meets AWS’s Reality Check
Elon Musk and other tech leaders have promoted the idea of orbital data centres to solve terrestrial limits on AI compute. AWS chief Matt Garman and other experts argue the concept remains economically and technically impractical today, citing launch cadence, radiation, thermal management and maintenance challenges. The gap between headline visions and engineering reality suggests continued experimentation but little prospect of mass migration of hyperscale AI into orbit in the near term.
China’s Defence Stocks Spike as ‘Space Compute’ Dream and Homegrown Wide‑body Jet Gain Momentum
A surge in Chinese defence and aerospace stocks reflects investor excitement about SpaceX’s merger with xAI and a renewed push on China’s large civilian aircraft programmes. The merger reframes commercial space as a potential trillion‑dollar market for space‑grade power, laser communications and thermal systems, while COMAC’s accelerated C929 testing signals upward movement in China’s civil aerospace supply chain.
China's Zhiyuan Stages a Robot Gala as Humanoid Industry Moves from Demos to Products
Zhiyuan Robotics will forgo the 2026 Spring Festival Gala to host Robot Wonderful Night, a live-streamed spectacle featuring hundreds of performing robots, as it concentrates resources on embodied intelligence R&D. The event underscores a broader industry pivot from demonstration to productization amid booming forecasts for humanoid robots, rising memory costs driven by AI demand, and shifting infrastructure needs for compute and power.
Why SpaceX Bought xAI: Musk’s Vision to Move Big AI into Orbit and Power It with Stellar Energy
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s xAI and, via an internal memo, framed the move as the first step toward hosting large AI systems in orbit powered by solar energy. The plan leverages SpaceX’s Starlink constellation and launch capabilities to propose a new, space‑based infrastructure for AI, but faces major technical, environmental and regulatory hurdles.
Musk Bundles xAI into SpaceX to Chase a Radical Vision: AI Computes in Orbit
SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s xAI with the stated aim of building solar‑powered data centres in orbit, a strategy Musk argues will solve the energy and scale limits of terrestrial AI. The plan links Starlink connectivity and Starship launch capacity into a long‑term bet that could reshape AI compute economics but faces steep technical, regulatory and financial hurdles.
Musk Merges SpaceX and xAI, Betting on an Orbital AI Datacentre and a $1.25tn Giant
Elon Musk has merged xAI into SpaceX in a stock-swap that values the combined entity at roughly $1.25 trillion and lays out a plan to move large-scale AI compute into orbit using Starship, Starlink and lunar resources. The integration aims to create virtually unlimited solar-powered compute capacity but faces steep technical, regulatory and geopolitical hurdles.
SpaceX to Absorb xAI — Musk Bets on Marrying Artificial Intelligence with Orbital Infrastructure
SpaceX has announced the acquisition of Elon Musk’s AI company xAI, signaling an intention to integrate advanced AI capabilities with the Starlink satellite network. The deal could reshape competition between cloud and AI incumbents while raising regulatory and security questions about data, export controls and dual-use applications.
Space Solar Rush: China’s PV Industry Eyes Orbit as Satellites and AI Drive Demand
Chinese photovoltaic firms are accelerating research and small-scale production work on space-adapted solar cells as interest in orbital power grows, fuelled by large satellite constellation plans and rising demand for continuous compute. Technical resilience, not lowest cost, is now the decisive attribute for space PV, and commercialisation will hinge on in-orbit validation, manufacturing scale-up and falling launch costs.
SpaceX's Ambition for a Million Satellites Raises Stakes in the Race to Control Low Earth Orbit
SpaceX's proposal to deploy up to one million satellites would dramatically increase low Earth orbit congestion and shift the balance of technological and geopolitical power in space. The plan promises expanded connectivity and orbital computing but also raises acute risks around debris, spectrum management and strategic dependence.
SpaceX Files to Put a Million AI-Ready Satellites in Orbit — and China Says Commercial Space Will Drive 2026 Markets
SpaceX has applied to the FCC to deploy up to one million satellites as an "orbital data centre" for AI inference, a proposal that reframes space infrastructure as a compute frontier. Chinese brokerages, responding to domestic launch advances, have identified commercial space as a likely market theme for 2026, spotlighting investment opportunities and strategic competition.
Musk's Next Move: Fusing SpaceX, Tesla and xAI into a 'Space‑Compute' Empire
Reports that Elon Musk is exploring tighter integration between SpaceX, Tesla and xAI reflect a strategic push to build a ‘space‑compute’ ecosystem combining satellite connectivity, vehicle and robot endpoints, and large AI models. While the business case is clear, major legal, technical and geopolitical hurdles make a full corporate merger unlikely in the near term; closer operational collaboration is the more probable path.