How a SpaceX and Tesla Merger Would Reshape Musk’s AI Empire
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Elon Musk said Tuesday that the boards of SpaceX and Tesla have each formed special committees to study merging his two biggest companies, a deal that would put rockets, electric cars, humanoid robots, a social network and the Grok chatbot inside a single corporation worth roughly $3.5 trillion.
Key facts
SpaceX reported third-quarter revenue of $14.58 billion on Tuesday, well above the $12.72 billion analysts expected
Microsoft's Project Natick sank 855 servers off the coast of Scotland in 2018
Any deal still needs the support of 50% of all outstanding Tesla shares, not those cast, a bar Musk called “a high hurdle — It would be Musk’s third consolidation since March 2025, when xAI absorbed X (formerly Twitter)
Summary
Elon Musk said Tuesday that SpaceX and Tesla have each formed special committees of independent directors to study a merger, though no terms have been agreed. A combined company worth roughly $3.5 trillion would own the Grok chatbot, X, Starlink, the Terafab chip project, the Starmind orbital data center plan, and Tesla's robotaxi and Optimus businesses. Any deal needs the backing of 50% of all outstanding Tesla shares, which Musk called "a high hurdle," and Tesla's annual meeting is set for December 3. “I do think there’s a lot of merit to combining the companies as we are pretty much in the superintelligence singularity,” Musk said on SpaceX’s third-quarter earnings call.