Elon Musk's Empire Expands: SpaceX-xAI Merger, Tesla AI Advances and Ongoing Legal Battles Dominate Headlines

Solar key to space-based AI

Elon Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, raised some eyebrows at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, when he predicted “that the lowest cost place to put AI will be space and that will be true within two to three years, three at the latest.” pv magazine reported on Musk’s vision on our global website www.pv-magazine.com on Jan. 26, 2026, and exactly one week later SpaceX announced that it was acquiring xAI “to form …

Elon Musk's Empire Expands: SpaceX-xAI Merger, Tesla AI Advances and Ongoing Legal Battles Dominate Headlines

Elon Musk, the world's richest person and a driving force behind transformative technologies in space, artificial intelligence and electric vehicles, continues to make waves across multiple industries as March progresses.