After a truce as fine as an erased tweet, the Trump-Musk duel leaves a fanfare. The American president, who said recently admiring the boss of Tesla and SpaceX, changed chorus. Elon Musk, meanwhile, goes up a gear. Historical fundraising for Xai, political threats, creation of a party, everything goes there. Between provocations on X and shattering announcements, the war of words is now coupled with a war of influence. And the battlefield extends far beyond tech.
In short
- Elon Musk raised $ 10 billion for Xai, half debt, half strategic equity.
- The objective: to strengthen the colossus supercomputer and accelerate the development of AI GROK.
- At the same time, Donald Trump attacks Musk on federal subsidies received by his technological companies.
- Musk threatens to create a political party if the “Big Beautiful Bill” is adopted.
Elon Muscle muscle his game with Xai: 10 billion for Grok and Colossus
XAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, comes from Raise $ 10 billion. This jackpot will be used to Strengthen his colossus supermarket in Memphis and accelerate the progress of your Grok chatbot. 5 billion come from secure loans, 5 other strategic investments, According to Morgan Stanley.
Objective : Build one of the most powerful data center in the world. Musk confirmed it: ” XAI has already installed 200,000 GPU and plans to reach 1 million ». And to get there, He puts on Nvidia and AMDthat he pays cash, without going through the subsidy box.
Since March, Grok has been integrated into the X platform. AI wants to be ” Maximally Truth-Seeking And anti-woke ». Musk intends to use it as ideological standard in an increasingly polarized America. Integration with X is not only technical: it allows you toIf Grok's responses directly to the general publicfilter without.
AI, public debt and digital insults: the clash between two oversized egos
Donald Trump Drawed on Truth Social : ” Elon may receive more subsidies than any human being in history “.. A frontal attack to which Musk replied, without detours:” I am literally saying cut everything. NOW ».
But behind the punchlines, the bottom is heavy. THE Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” provides massive tax reductions and health cuts. Musk called this text a ” abomination disgusting »». He threatens found the America Party From its adoption:
Our country needs an alternative to the single democrat-republican party.
Tension rises from a notch: Elon Musk promises to support opponents of Republicans favorable to the text. “” They will lose their primaries, even if it is the last thing I do on earth », ATL hammered. It's more than a clash: it's a Declaration of political warpowered by billions and tweets.
Why the ambitions of Elon Musk have redesign the political battlefield
It is no longer just a technological battle. It is an ideological showdownand Elon Musk intends to use it to reshape the political scene. He also invests in thegreen infrastructure : $ 2 billion to improve Colossus, with liquid cooling system and water recycling (source: @ns123abc, x.com). AI becomes its armed arm.
During this time, Cynthia Lummis offers Crypto tax relief : exemption from transactions of less than $ 300, capped at $ 5,000 per year. The measure aims to seduce web3 actors, a potential electorate for Musk. A strategy parallel to its anti-etablishment crusade.
Figures to remember:
- $ 10 billion lifted by XAI, including 5 billion in strategic equity;
- Objective: 1 million GPU deployed by 2027;
- $ 18 billion in data centers over 2 years;
- XAI has seen its payroll quadruple from series C;
- Openai is valued $ 300 billion, XAI now 80 billion $.
While some are briefing black in the face of debt, others, like Musk, transform criticism into a power lever. And Grok becomes the weapon which whispers in the ear of 220 million subscribers on X.
Attacked from all sides, Elon Musk has become a figure that closes as much as she fascinates. Lately, the creator of Squid game Even compared the VIPs of his series to the businessman: powerful, isolated, playing games whose rules they dictate … before becoming prisoners themselves. The real world sometimes has the air of dystopian fiction.
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