Musk, who oversees six companies, has come under fire for conflicting interests.
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Elon Musk asked X users whether Tesla Inc. should invest $5 billion in his artificial intelligence startup, saying he was “testing the waters” for a potential deal. More than two-thirds of respondents voted “yes.”
The Tesla chief executive officer posed the question Tuesday, shortly after the carmaker reported a fourth straight quarter of disappointing profit. Musk was asked during the earnings call if the company would invest in xAI or integrate its chat bot, called Grok, into Tesla’s software.