US EditionElon Musk Eyes Moon Facility, Plus Catapult to Send AI Satellites Into Orbit
Elon Musk aims to scale AI computing by building lunar satellite factory and using electromagnetic mass driver to launch satellites as off-Earth data centers, supporting xAI’s growth.
- At a company-wide all-hands on Tuesday, Elon Musk told xAI employees he wants a Moon factory to produce AI satellites and a `mass driver` for launch, according to The New York Times.
- Merging xAI with SpaceX aims to increase processing capacity, with Musk saying the Moon is needed to generate the AI infrastructure required for complex models, citing capacity needs.
- During the all-hands, reported by The New York Times, Musk addressed several xAI co‑founders departing while at least half remain and discussed X's 600 million monthly users and upcoming X Money.
- SpaceX is preparing an IPO as soon as June, but Musk provided no construction timeline or funding details, and a representative for xAI did not respond to requests for comment.
- Musk's track record shows bold timelines often unmet, and he described the Moon as a steppingstone toward a self-sustaining lunar city before Mars, while recently posting more on lunar plans on X.
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The Seattle Times
Business TimesElon Musk wants to build an AI satellite factory on the moon
Musk recently merged his AI and rocket businesses and now has set out a vision for a lunar facility (complete with massive catapult) to help power AI advances.
Elon Musk wants to build a catapult on the moon
For years, Elon Musk has talked about colonizing Mars. Now, he's talking about building Looney Tunes contraptions on the moon instead.The New York Times reported that Musk told employees at xAI on Tuesday evening that he wants to build a factory on the moon to construct AI data center satellites. Not only that, but Musk wants the factory to include some type of gigantic space catapult, called a mass driver, that would then launch the satellites …
Erratic Elon Musk Tells Employees to Build Massive Catapult on Moon
As Elon Musk tries to sweep his Mars ambitions under the rug like an embarrassing teenage phase, he’s now shifting focus to the Moon — with no less eye-brow raising ideas. According to new reporting from the New York Times, Musk told employees at xAI — his AI company recently acquired by SpaceX — that it needs to construct a factory on the Moon to churn out AI satellites. And to launch the satellites into space, he says, it needs to build an eno…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Elon Musk’s AI firm has lost half its founders – and now he wants to send it to space
SpaceX founder hopes to build a huge catapult to launch artificial intelligence satellites into space and towards the Moon, he tells staff
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