The SpaceX-Tesla merger's biggest hurdle isn't Musk. It's Tesla's shareholders
Musk backs a $3.5 trillion tie-up, but a shareholder vote threshold and a 'conflicted party' CEO could decide its fate.

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Musk backs a $3.5 trillion tie-up, but a shareholder vote threshold and a 'conflicted party' CEO could decide its fate.
Heavy AI spending is squeezing the carmaker's bottom line, and a SpaceX tie-up would put two Musk giants on one balance sheet.
SpaceX will keep half its compute for internal AI projects and rent the rest at spot rates, betting the super-intelligence shortage will last.
Musk's probability call on catching both stages with the tower, and what it means for rapid reusability.
A third-quarter revenue surge and a surprise merger hint put SpaceX in the spotlight. Here is what it means for Tesla investors and the space economy.
The billionaire CEO says both boards have formed special committees to weigh a combination that would unite the world's most valuable automaker with its dominant private rocket company.
On SpaceX's second-ever earnings call, Elon Musk said both companies formed special committees to explore a combination, with no terms agreed.
Special committees at both companies are assessing a Tesla-SpaceX combination, but Elon Musk says the deal is far from guaranteed, leaving shareholders to weigh the upside against the uncertainty.
Independent director panels will explore a deal between the two companies, with the CEO recused from both.
The CEO of both companies is a 'conflicted party' watching independent directors negotiate a tie-up that would create a $3.5 trillion giant he would own about a third of.
Elon Musk's rocket company posts a profit while AI spending surges - a sign that its satellite and AI bets are paying off.
The next Starship test flight targets a first for orbital launch: catching both the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage with the launch tower's chopstick arms.