The SpaceX CEO bailed on a company discussion about colonizing Mars, an otherwise favorite topic for the billionaire.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced a $300 million partnership with Elon Musk’s xAI to bring Grok to the messaging app.

Musk warned those involved that President Trump wouldn’t bless the OpenAI data-center project in Abu Dhabi unless his xAI company was included in the deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

Elon Musk has grown increasingly vocal with criticism of the Trump administration, saying that a megabill pushed by the White House proposing an overhaul to the tax code risks undermining his efforts to cut government spending.

A group of Tesla investors is urging Elon Musk to commit at least 40 hours a week to running the electric vehicle company, arguing his undivided attention is needed to repair Tesla’s faltering sales and stock price volatility.

In May 2025, posts surfaced on social media alleging that Jamal Roberts, the winner of Season 23 of "American Idol," had turned down an advertisement for Tesla, the electric car company owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, without any evidence to corroborate the claim. The assertion was false.

The negative impact of the billionaire’s absence and foray into politics is even clearer at his space startup than it is at Tesla.