DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’

The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.

SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon

SpaceX’s valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.

SpaceX makes its $60bn Cursor takeover official, days after its record IPO
SpaceX makes its $60bn Cursor takeover official, days after its record IPO

SpaceX has made it official. In a filing on Tuesday, Elon Musk’s newly public rocket company said it had signed a binding agreement to buy Anysphere, the startup behind the popular AI coding tool Cursor, in an all-stock deal that values the company at …

SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO

The deal is supposed to help SpaceX’s struggling AI division. The company told IPO investors it sees a $26 trillion addressable market in AI.

SpaceX overtakes Amazon as its post-IPO rally rolls on
SpaceX overtakes Amazon as its post-IPO rally rolls on

SpaceX is now worth more than Amazon, at least for as long as the rally holds. Shares of the rocket company rose more than 10% on Tuesday, extending a run that began at its market debut and putting it on course to become the world’s fifth most valuable…

SpaceX’s biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised

SpaceX’s IPO underwriters maxed out their share purchases, adding to an already historic amount of money raised.

SpaceX could hit $1tn a year by 2030, Musk claims after record IPO
SpaceX could hit $1tn a year by 2030, Musk claims after record IPO

Two days after taking SpaceX public in the largest stock-market debut on record, Elon Musk said the company could be earning roughly $1tn a year by 2030, and probably more in 2031. He made the claim on X over the weekend, as Reuters reported, with the …

Survey Sunday: do you still believe in Elon Musk?
Survey Sunday: do you still believe in Elon Musk?

Last week, we ran a sidebar survey asking if Electrek readers still believed in Elon Musk’s vision of a self-driving, robot-built future on Mars. After receiving more than 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us you think about the world’s first trill…

TechCrunch Mobility: SpaceX rockets past Tesla

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.