Elon Musk news and trends

X Doubles API Price and Adds Subscription Discounts
Social Commerce // October 30, 2024

X is hiking its API pricing while introducing discounted annual subscription rates. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform has increased the cost of its basic API tier from $100 to $200 and announced Wednesday (Oct. 30) that it would roll out higher limits and new endpoints for this...

Report: xAI Aims to Raise ‘Several Billion Dollars’
artificial intelligence // October 29, 2024

Elon Musk’s xAI reportedly aims to raise “several billion dollars” in a funding round that would value it around $40 billion. The funding discussions are in the early stages and the details could change, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Oct. 29), citing unnamed...

Musk’s X Payments on Hold After Legal Threat in NY
Legal // October 27, 2024

Last year, Elon Musk made a bold prediction about the future of his social media platform. Instead of just being a place where people shared thoughts and content, X — rebranded from Twitter a few months earlier — would become a payments super app. “It...

Tesla Unveils Cybercab Robotaxi, Betting Big on an Autonomous Future
artificial intelligence // October 14, 2024

Tesla’s long-awaited robot taxi has finally emerged, with CEO Elon Musk recently unveiling the futuristic Cybercab at a splashy event dubbed “We, Robot.”  The autonomous vehicle, slated for production by 2027, hopes to reshape urban transportation with its sub-$30,000 price tag and $0.40 per mile...

Interviews & Exclusives
Musk’s xAI Plans Spotlight Tesla’s Autonomy Challenges

June 05, 2024
For as long as cars have existed, entrepreneurs have chased the dream of autonomous vehicles. Self-driving vehicles, across commercial, personal and industrial use, have the potential to transform — and connect — nearly all facets of commerce and the digital economy. But with news reported Tuesday (June 4) by CNBC that Elon Musk is diverting […]

What If: Elon Musk’s X Becomes the Next Super App?

August 03, 2023
Super apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat have become super successful in Asia. Their market dominance in turn has made Western entrepreneurs “super” interested in building their own, perhaps...

What Happens When a Tech Company Builds Cars? Ask Tesla About Dojo

July 20, 2023
Tesla is famously not just a car company — it’s a software company.  And a key, promised part of that software vision is the realization of autonomous, fully self-driving (FSD)...

Musk’s Plans to Forge a Financial Ecosystem May Face Harsh Realities  

April 03, 2023
It’s one thing to envision building a financial ecosystem: A digital front door where users lock into a continuum of banking, payments, app-driven activities that flow naturally across hardware, software...

Quick Reads
Nvidia Reportedly Weighing Investment in Musk’s xAI

November 03, 2024
Nvidia is in discussions to invest in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup, according to published reports. Musk’s AI firm xAI is hoping to raise several billion dollars, valuing the company at around $40 billion, the New York Post reported Friday (Nov. 1). A separate report by The Information says Musk had been in discussions […]

X Doubles API Price and Adds Subscription Discounts

October 30, 2024
X is hiking its API pricing while introducing discounted annual subscription rates. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform has increased the cost of its basic API tier from $100 to $200...

Report: xAI Aims to Raise ‘Several Billion Dollars’

October 29, 2024
Elon Musk’s xAI reportedly aims to raise “several billion dollars” in a funding round that would value it around $40 billion. The funding discussions are in the early stages and...

Musk’s X Payments on Hold After Legal Threat in NY

October 27, 2024
Last year, Elon Musk made a bold prediction about the future of his social media platform. Instead of just being a place where people shared thoughts and content, X —...