The billionaire entrepreneur said Tesla shareholders would vote on investing in xAI as he seeks to tap his own companies to help fund his artificial-intelligence startup.

Musk said "Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago" if it was up to him.

Elon Musk said on Monday he does not support a merger between his electric vehicle maker Tesla and his artificial intelligence startup xAI, which owns the Grok chatbot and competes with the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

The money behind Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar empire is increasingly flowing in one direction: toward artificial intelligence.

Tesla Inc. plans to poll shareholders on whether to invest in xAI, Elon Musk said after the Wall Street Journal reported SpaceX was prepared to funnel $2 billion into the Grok chatbot developer.

Elon Musk clarified that he doesn't intend to merge Tesla with his AI company, xAI, despite earlier reports suggesting he was open to the idea. He ind

Elon Musk on Monday said he does not support a merger between xAI and Tesla. On X, Musk suggested that Tesla plans to ask shareholders whether Tesla should invest in xAI, however. Musk owns X, xAI and Tesla and is contemplating the future business relationship between them all.

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has apologised after its chatbot Grok made headlines for generating offensive outputs. All you need to know