Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla plans to poll its shareholders on whether to invest in xAI. The billionaire’s comments come shortly after a Wall Street Journal report claimed that SpaceX was ready to invest $2 billion into xAI.
Writing on X, Musk suggested that the final decision on investing in xAI does not reside with him but with the shareholders. Last year, Musk had also polled X users on whether Tesla should invest $5 billion in xAI, noting at the time that he was just testing the waters.
“It’s not up to me. If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago. We will have a shareholder vote on the matter,” Musk wrote in response to a post.
What is xAI?
xAI is the artificial intelligence lab set up by Elon Musk in early 2023 in response to the rising popularity of ChatGPT. Since then, the company has rolled out its Grok AI chatbot, which recently received an…
