As with SpaceX, then, Mr Musk is gambling Tesla’s future on AI, and his belief that he can harness his existing businesses to dominate the technology. Plenty of doubters have scoffed at his grand ambitions before. But never has Mr Musk put so much on the line. ■

It was last year that Musk combined Twitter with xAI, the business behind his Grok AI chatbot, valuing the social media site at $30bn. The world’s richest man then revealed plans on Monday to merge his emboldened xAI business with his rocket company, SpaceX.

On Thursday, Elon Musk gave wide-ranging remarks that included new timelines for Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) humanoid robot and Full Self-Driving software. Musk Teases Optimus Sales Timeline At Davos Making a surprise debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

For much of the past three years, Elon Musk’s xAI has tried to compete against the leading AI labs, including OpenAI, the company he co-founded and later clashed with. The results have been mixed: xAI’s flagship product,