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February 9, 2026 6:55 PM

Gujarat, Elon Musk’s Starlink sign Letter of Intent for high-speed satellite Internet

Gujarat has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for cooperation with Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited, a subsidiary of Elon Musk-founded SpaceX, to strengthen the state's digital infrastructure, the state government said on Monday. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, on X, confirmed that the partnership aims to accelerate the state's Digital Connectivity Mission. The agreement focuses on providing high-speed satellite-based internet connectivity to remote, border, and underser...

February 3, 2026 2:51 PM

SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions

Elon Musk said on Monday that SpaceX has acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI in a record-setting deal that unifies Musk's AI and space ambitions by combining the rocket-and-satellite company with the maker of the Grok chatbot. The transaction values SpaceX at $1 trillion, and xAI at $250 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. Investors in xAI will receive 0.1433 shares of SpaceX for every share of xAI as part of the acquisition, this pe...

January 18, 2026 2:55 PM

Elon Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft

Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, saying he deserves the "wrongful gains" that they received from his early support, according to a court filing on Friday. OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur's contributions when he was co-founding what was then a startup from 2015, while Microsoft gained between $13.3 billion and $25.1 billion, Musk said in the federal court filing ahead of his trial against the two companies...

November 19, 2025 3:55 PM

Elon Musk attends Trump’s dinner with Saudi crown prince

Elon Musk joined a dinner with U.S President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on Tuesday, the second joint public appearance since a bitter public feud earlier this year. Musk's attendance could be a sign of reconciliation in a turbulent relationship between the Tesla CEO and the U.S. president. Musk supported and funded Trump's election last year and became a close adviser to his administration early this year, leading the Department of Government Eff...

November 5, 2025 8:52 AM

Trump re-nominates Musk ally and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA chief

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was re-nominating Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and ally of fellow billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, for the post of NASA administrator, five months after Isaacman's original nomination was withdrawn. Isaacman, an e-commerce mogul who flew to orbit twice on all-private astronaut missions as a customer and collaborator with SpaceX, was removed from consideration to lead the space agency in late May amid a high-profile falling-out bet...

October 21, 2025 9:34 AM

NASA opens SpaceX’s moon lander contract to rivals over Starship delays

NASA said on Monday it was opening the marquee U.S. moon landing contract to other bidders because Elon Musk's SpaceX has experienced mounting delays with its Starship lunar lander. The move paves the way for rivals such as Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to snatch a high-profile mission to land the first astronauts on the moon in half a century. "I'm in the process of opening that contract up. I think we'll see companies like Blue get involved, and maybe others," the U.S. space agency's acting chief ...

October 14, 2025 9:58 AM

SpaceX completes 11th Starship test before debuting upgraded prototype

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its 11th Starship rocket from Texas on Monday and landed it in the Indian Ocean, the last flight before the company begins test-launching a new version of the giant rocket outfitted with more features for moon and Mars missions. Starship, which includes the Starship upper stage stacked atop its Super Heavy booster, launched at 6:23 p.m. CT (2323 GMT) from SpaceX's Starbase facilities. After sending the Starship stage to space, Super Heavy returned for a soft water la...

August 26, 2025 10:56 AM

Cloudy weather delays SpaceX Starship’s latest launch to overcome testing troubles

Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket due to cloudy weather in Texas on Monday, another slight delay in its efforts to overcome development setbacks and achieve several long-sought milestones essential to the Mars rocket system's reusable design. The 232-feet (71-metres) tall Super Heavy booster and its 171-feet (52-metres) tall Starship upper half, which together make it taller than New York's Statue of Liberty, sat on a launch mount at SpaceX's Starbase rocket fa...

August 25, 2025 11:41 AM

SpaceX postpones Starship test flight over ground system issue

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Sunday called off the launch of Starship's tenth mission from Texas over an issue at its launch site, delaying an attempt to achieve several long-sought development milestones missed due to past tests ending in early failures. The 232-foot(70.7-meter)-tall Super Heavy booster and its 171-foot(52-meter)-tall Starship upper half sat stacked on a launch mount at SpaceX's Starbase rocket facilities as it was being filled with propellant ahead of a liftoff time of 7:35 p.m. ET ...

August 20, 2025 9:56 AM

Musk quietly puts brakes on plans for new political party, WSJ says

Billionaire Elon Musk is quietly putting the brakes on plans to start his new political party, telling allies he wants to focus on his companies, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the plans. Musk unveiled the 'America Party' in July after a public dispute with President Donald Trump on the tax cut and spending bill. He has recently been focused in part on maintaining ties with Vice President JD Vance, the paper said, and has acknowledged to associates tha...