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401 SpaceX and xAI: A merger of ambition, optics, and unanswered questions

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Ana-Maria Stanciuc @ The Next Web 2 place · 02/03/2026 09:45 EDT

If you look at the press releases and breathless commentary around the recent acquisition of xAI by SpaceX, you might think we’re witnessing a tectonic shift in technological destiny.  A $1.25 trillion “mega-company” is born, poised to reshape artificial intelligence, space infrastructure, satellite internet, and possibly the fate of humanity itself. That narrative, enthusiastically repeated across headlines, serves a purpose: it frames a somewhat messy corporate consolidation as inevitable progress.  But l

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