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Who is Elon Musk

Elon Musk

About Elon Musk

Who is Elon Musk

Elon Musk is a South African-born American industrial engineer, entrepreneur, who co-founded Paypal and founded aerospace transportation services company SpaceX. He is also one of the early investors in Tesla, an electric car company, and now the Chief Executive Officer of the firm as well. With a $70.5 bn fortune, Musk sits comfortably at the 7th spot in the world's top 10 billionaires list.
Early years
 
Born in 1971, Elon Musk displayed an early talent in computers and video games and at the age of 12 created a video game code that earned him fame, as well as a fortune. He acquired
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Jury finds Musk misled investors in Twitter deal, clears some fraud claims

The nine-person jury returned the verdict after 3 days of deliberation, nearly three weeks after the trial began on March 2

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Updated On : 21 Mar 2026 | 6:56 AM IST

Teenagers sue Musk's xAI over sexually explicit AI images of them as minors

The high school students, who are seeking to proceed under pseudonyms, filed the lawsuit in California, where xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence company, has its headquarters

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Updated On : 20 Mar 2026 | 10:41 AM IST

Tesla likely to buy solar equipment worth $2.9 billion from Chinese firms

Musk said in January that solar power could meet all of the electricity needs of the United States, including the ever-increasing demand from a growing number of data centres

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Updated On : 20 Mar 2026 | 9:11 AM IST

China approves first brain-computer interface product for commercial use

The firm is among a wave of Chinese startups building technologies that allow people to control computers or other electronic devices using only their minds

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Updated On : 13 Mar 2026 | 10:39 PM IST

Elon Musk's X probes offensive posts by xAI's Grok chatbot: Report

X and its safety teams are urgently investigating the chatbot's role in generating "hate-filled, racist posts" online in response to user prompts

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Updated On : 08 Mar 2026 | 8:25 PM IST

Musk's spam concern was 'confusing': Ex-Twitter executives tell court

Two days of testimony from Agrawal and Segal pushed back on Musk's own recollection that he was always committed to the deal, but believed that Twitter had lied to him about per cent of spam accounts

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Updated On : 07 Mar 2026 | 7:24 AM IST

Judge's 'bias' forced me to pay full price for Twitter, says Elon Musk

The jury is hearing claims by Twitter investors that Musk defrauded them by manipulating the platform's share price so he could acquire it more cheaply

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2026 | 8:09 AM IST

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales sees no threat from Musk's Grokipedia

We would not consider for a second today letting an AI just write Wikipedia articles because we know how bad they can be, Jimmy Wales added

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Updated On : 21 Feb 2026 | 8:10 AM IST

X down for thousands of users in the US and UK, shows Downdetector

The actual number of affected users may differ from what's shown on Downdetector because these reports are user-submitted

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2026 | 7:48 PM IST

Elon Musk's SpaceX outpaces China's 203K 'paper satellite' ambitions

China has several firms chasing reusable rockets, but SpaceX keeps widening the lead; and without a Falcon 9 rival, Beijing's 203,000-satellite plan remains largely on paper

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Updated On : 16 Feb 2026 | 8:58 AM IST

'Misanthropic and evil': Elon Musk takes swipe at Anthropic in AI bias row

Elon Musk criticised Anthropic after its major fundraising announcement, accusing the company's AI systems of bias and intensifying an ongoing rivalry between the two firms

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Updated On : 13 Feb 2026 | 4:50 PM IST

Elon Musk restructures xAI's teams following co-founders' departure

The exits follow xAI's recent merger with SpaceX, a move that valued the combined company at $1.25 trillion

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Updated On : 12 Feb 2026 | 8:28 AM IST

Russia, Iran accuse Elon Musk's Starlink of violating international law

The Starlink service has become a key communication link for Ukrainians fighting against Russia's invasion, as well as Iranian opposition forces that took to the streets last month

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2026 | 8:45 AM IST

xAI co-founders Jimmy Ba, Tony Wu join exodus from Musk's AI startup

Wu announced his exit Monday in a post on X, without saying in the statement what he would be doing next. Ba followed a day later, saying it was his last day at xAI

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2026 | 8:23 AM IST

Gujarat signs LoI with Starlink for satellite internet in remote areas

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said the agreement aims to improve high-speed internet access in areas where telecom infrastructure remains limited

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Updated On : 09 Feb 2026 | 4:13 PM IST

SpaceX to prioritise building 'self-growing city' on Moon, says Musk

Musk's comments echo a Wall Street Journal report on Friday, stating that SpaceX has told investors it would prioritise going to the moon first and attempt a trip to Mars at a later time

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Updated On : 09 Feb 2026 | 7:50 AM IST

Musk plans solar-powered AI data centres in space but doubts remain

To finance that effort, Musk combined SpaceX with his AI business on Monday and plans a big initial public offering of the combined company

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2026 | 7:48 AM IST

'Political attack': Musk hits back after France raids X's office in Paris

French police raided X's Paris office as part of a probe into alleged misuse of algorithms and illegal data practices, prompting Elon Musk to call the action a 'political attack'

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 3:48 PM IST

Sam Altman chalks up unusual succession plan for ChatGPT parent OpenAI

Sam Altman also addressed ongoing tensions with Musk and the frequent criticism Musk directs at OpenAI, particularly around safety

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 1:34 PM IST

Elon Musk hits record $800 billion net worth after SpaceX-xAI merger

The SpaceX-xAI deal pushed Elon Musk's net worth past $800 billion, making him the richest person the world has ever seen

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2026 | 9:16 AM IST