Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)

Elon Muks’s xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the “solar-electric economy” he promised?

SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return

The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come.

SpaceX scrubs first Starship V3 launch just before liftoff

SpaceX fueled the third-generation rocket booster and ship and was just moments away from liftoff, before calling a scrub. It’s expected to try again Friday.

Who will benefit most from SpaceX IPO? Mostly Elon — and a few from his inner circle

Elon Musk has the largest stake in SpaceX by billions of shares. The other biggest shareholders also have longstanding and deep ties to Musk.

Forget ‘TechnoKing’: Elon Musk will really be king at SpaceX

Musk, who will have more than 50% of the voting power, will have a monarchical grip over the publicly-traded version of SpaceX — control that goes far beyond what other tech founders enjoy.

Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers
Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers

Earlier this month, SpaceX and Anthropic announced a new compute partnership that provides access to the rocket company’s Colossus data centers in Memphis, TN. Now, with the release of SpaceX’s IPO filing, we have more details about that deal, including how much Anthropic is paying to Elon Musk’s company. In its S-1 filing, SpaceX said […]

Elon Musk will get a historical paycheck if he builds a colony of one milliion humans on Mars

Elon Musk’s SpaceX compensation plan could unlock a massive stock award if the company reaches a huge valuation and builds a million-person Mars colony.

In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is the risk factor
In SpaceX’s IPO, Elon Musk is the risk factor

The SpaceX IPO is here, and it’s more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk’s companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep track of. This is evident […]

SpaceX S-1 reveals Tesla’s Terafab deal is far from done
SpaceX S-1 reveals Tesla’s Terafab deal is far from done

SpaceX filed its S-1 with the SEC today ahead of its blockbuster IPO, and buried in the 308-page document is a sobering reality check on the Tesla (TSLA) collaborations that Elon Musk has been hyping for months.

The legal language in SpaceX’s own fi…

xAI burned $6.4B last year. SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over

SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals xAI lost $6.4 billion in 2025 while planning a massive Grok expansion — offering the first public look at Elon Musk’s AI financials and more details about his ambitions.