# orbital compute

Musk’s Orbital Gambit: Merging SpaceX and xAI to Build a $1.5 Trillion AI-in-Space Empire

Elon Musk is reportedly preparing to merge xAI into SpaceX and pursue a blockbuster IPO that would combine rockets, the Starlink network, X and the Grok AI model. The strategy aims to move compute into orbit to bypass terrestrial energy and cooling limits, but it raises major technical, regulatory and national-security questions.