AI Labs: Elon Musk wants AI in space

AI Labs: Elon Musk wants AI in space

From FT Tech Tonic by Financial Times

May 27, 2026 · 25 min · Season 23 · Episode 4

About this episode

The episode discusses Elon Musk's xAI and its competition in the AI race, particularly in relation to SpaceX's potential IPO.

Elon Musk’s xAI is lagging behind the likes of OpenAI and Google DeepMind in the AI race. Will a giant IPO of SpaceX, Musk’s rocket company, change all that? Murad Ahmed speaks to FT technology correspondent Hannah Murphy and the FT’s bureau chief in San Francisco Stephen Morris.  FT articles free to read:  Inside SpaceX’s audacious IPO plan Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters ‘The race is on’: will Elon Musk be the first to put a data centre in space? Tech Tonic is hosted by Murad Ahmed and produced by Edwin Lane. The executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Tell us what you think of Tech Tonic! Complete this short survey and you’ll get the chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort wireless headphones. Prize draw winners’ surnames and regions may be made available upon request, as required by the Advertising Standards Authority. If you do not want your information to be made available, please email Privacy.Officer@ft.com upon entry. For more information on your rights and how we use your data, please read our Privacy Policy . Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See…

People in this episode

Host: Murad Ahmed

Guests: Hannah Murphy, Stephen Morris

Topics covered

  • AI
  • Elon Musk
  • SpaceX
  • technology
  • business
  • entrepreneurship

Keywords

  • Elon Musk
  • xAI
  • AI race
  • SpaceX
  • IPO
  • OpenAI
  • Google DeepMind

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Organizations: xAI, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, SpaceX, FT, Advertising Standards Authority, Privacy Policy

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