Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before a massive planned initial public offering for the business later this year

Musk is combining rocket maker SpaceX with his AI startup, the largest tie-up in his expansive business portfolio.

xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba has announced his departure from Elon Musk's AI startup, thanking his team and hinting at the rapid advancements in AI technology. His exit, following that of another co-founder,

xAI cofounder Tony Wu has left Elon Musk's AI startup, becoming the fourth cofounder to exit the company in the past year.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has acquired xAI, the companies announced. The merger will “form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based internet,

Mr Musk’s willingness to merge SpaceX with x AI shows how committed he has become to dominating the AI industry. It is personal: he loathes Sam Altman, the boss of Open AI, which Mr Musk co-founded and is now suing for abandoning its original non-profit structure. Mr Altman is also eyeing a giant listing this year.

Elon Musk has shared an AI-generated video that features Sydney Sweeney’s likeness. The move comes shortly after he faced criticism for earlier remarks about the actor on X (formerly Twitter). The post highlights new video-generation technology on the platform.

"We just need enough time to build the AI and robots to not go bankrupt before then."