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Aerospace · on the rundown Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Musk describes SpaceX-xAI merger as creating most valuable private company

Covered by 2 outlets over 1 hour. All of them ran the same syndicated report. First reported by Ibtimes at 10:25 UTC on March 18, 2026.

2 outlets

What happened?

  1. Musk stated: "The lowest cost way to generate AI compute will be in space"
  2. Tesla announced a $2 billion investment in xAI
  3. Musk unveiled a collaborative effort dubbed "Macrohard" or "Digital Optimus"

Musk described the February SpaceX-xAI merger as creating the most valuable private company, according to the US report. That report said the combined company was valued above $1 trillion and possibly as high as $1.25 trillion, citing Bloomberg and other outlets, and that it paired xAI's Grok chatbot and computing resources with SpaceX's rockets, Starlink network and orbital infrastructure.

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Who reported it, and when?

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Mar 18 10:25Report by ibtimes.com.au
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Who was named?

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