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SpaceX-xAI merger pushes Musk closer to $1t net worth
Elon Musk’s net worth reached about US$845 billion, with much tied to SpaceX after it acquired his AI company xAI this week.
The combined entity is valued around US$1.25 trillion, according to CNBC.
Musk owns about 43% of this merged company, making his stake worth over US$530 billion.
Musk plans to take SpaceX public by 2026, which may reduce Tesla’s role in his wealth.
🔗 Source: CNBC
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Starlink’s profitability is the engine behind Musk’s ambitions
- Musk has said he wants to take SpaceX public in 2026, and sources said newly revealed financials put 2025 EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) at about $8 billion on $15 billion to $16 billion in revenue 1.
- Sources said Starlink satellite internet brings in about 50% to 80% of the company’s total revenue 1.
- Sources described a huge footprint, with about 9,500 satellites launched since 2019 and more than 9 million users worldwide 1.
- Sources said Starlink revenue plus related government contracts, including the military-grade Starshield network, has helped pay for development of the next-generation Starship rocket 1.
The AI arms race is forcing a new era of corporate consolidation
- Commentators have floated a SpaceX and Tesla merger as a way to handle AI’s steep funding needs, though it has not been announced as a plan 2.
- Greg Martin of Rainmaker Securities (a financial research and brokerage firm) said Musk’s AI venture xAI has an “insatiable need for capital” to take on Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic 2.
- Investor Ross Gerber said Alphabet plans up to $185 billion in capital expenditures (spending on long-term assets such as data centers) this year, and he argued a more consolidated Musk empire could make fundraising or borrowing easier while also speculating about a SpaceX and Tesla merger 2.
- Rising AI costs could push industrial and tech giants toward unusual tie-ups across aerospace, automotive, and AI to finance new work.




