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Elon Musk's AI company; builds the Grok models and the large Colossus GPU cluster.

Palo Alto, CA, US · 2023
Milestone note Oct 5, 2026

Musk confirmed TSMC is in talks to run Terafab — a fab owned by its customer, which TSMC has never done

Elon Musk confirmed on October 3–4 that TSMC is in discussions about Terafab, the roughly $119 billion chipmaking venture meant to supply only Tesla, SpaceX and xAI. Under the structure reported, SpaceX would hold the majority and TSMC would build and operate the plant with its own process. Intel, currently the named supplier of its 14A process, fell 4%. Musk: "Just discussions, but something may come of it."

Analysis as of Aug 31, 2026

OpenAI cuts Cursor off two weeks after SpaceX buys it — and model supply becomes a lever

OpenAI notified SpaceX on 28 August that it will wind down Cursor's access to its models, proposing a 12 November shutoff, two weeks after SpaceX closed its $60B purchase of Anysphere. OpenAI cites an inability to be confident the terms of service will be honoured, pointing to Musk's sworn testimony that xAI distilled OpenAI models. Cursor says OpenAI models are about 5% of its traffic.

Our read — labelled opinion, not investment advice.
Private AI investment (annual) — $109.1B USD, measured series
Analysis as of Jun 5, 2025

Is frontier AI investment a bubble?

US private AI investment hit $109B in 2024 — then 2025's efficiency shock (DeepSeek) made the bubble question sharper, not simpler. Our read on whether capital is ahead of capability. (Our opinion, not investment advice.)

Our read — labelled opinion, not investment advice.