Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI
All but two of Musk’s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.
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Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE
While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage fight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.
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SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition
AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.
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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about “government by machines” and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.
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TechCrunch Mobility: Zoox prepares for launch and Uber’s AV empire
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Tesla and SpaceX will invest $16.8B to start building ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
After months of speculation, the companies formally announced the massive project will happen just north of Houston.
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Tesla’s cheaper vehicles aren’t helping its declining sales
The company’s deliveries in the first quarter were just 6% higher than last year, and Tesla now faces a third straight year of falling sales.
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The final days of the Tesla Model X and S are here. All bets are on the Cybercab.
It’s a new era for Tesla — and one that will rely on its ability to launch the Cybercab and mass-produce the Optimus robot.
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Tesla’s Texas factory workforce reportedly shrunk 22% in 2025
Tesla’s headcount fell from 21,191 workers to 16,506 workers in 2025, according to a report, as it grappled with its second straight year of declining sales.
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Can orbital data centers help justify a massive valuation for SpaceX?
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we debated Elon Musk’s vision for data centers in space.
