Elon Musk loses his case against OpenAI
A summary of things I read this week
Elon and OpenAI drama
Elon lost his case against OpenAI this week.
Elon Musk sued OpenAI after the company shifted from its original nonprofit structure toward a for-profit model closely tied to Microsoft. Musk argues that OpenAI abandoned its original mission of developing AI for the public benefit and instead became commercially driven. And as a counter, OpenAI says, this is just an attempt to slow them down because they have a competitor, xAI.
This is a big deal for OpenAI, as it clears the path to an IPO, which, from what I read, is now being fast-tracked.
But Elon is, as we can expect, not backing down
His claim is that OpenAI was created for the benefit of all people, not for profit, and should remain true to its original mission.
There’s a lot of chatter around this, with people saying it might set a precedent for opening a company as a non-profit and later converting to a for-profit. So let’s monitor what’s going on.
Atlas from Boston Dynamics
As I am super interested in real-world use of robotics, Boston Dynamics showed its Atlas robot lifting and moving a fridge
As easy as it seems, it’s a really hard problem for robots to coordinate on real-world tasks. I also shared some other promising robots in my previous edition that perform different tasks. I am very bullish on general-purpose robotics.
Karpathy joined Anthropic
For those who don’t know, Andrej Karpathy is a well-known AI researcher and engineer, best known as a founding member of OpenAI and as the former Director of AI at Tesla, where he led work on the Autopilot computer vision system. He also became famous for explaining deep learning and large language models in a way that made advanced AI accessible to millions of developers and students through his talks, Stanford lectures, and YouTube videos.
Anthropic has assembled some of the great minds and engineers in the industry, and it’s only going to get better. I am extremely bullish on Anthropic and US AI tech.
SpaceX has filed an S-1
SpaceX has filed an S-1 for its IPO. It’s one of the most anticipated IPO this year. The S-1 filing reveals a company that increasingly looks like an AI and infrastructure giant (SpaceXAI) disguised as a rocket company. Starlink has become the main revenue engine, reportedly reaching more than 10 million subscribers globally, while billions of dollars are now flowing into AI infrastructure and xAI. In Q1 2026 alone, SpaceX spent far more on AI compute expansion than on Starship. The filing repeatedly references orbital AI data centers powered by solar energy in space, with SpaceX projecting a future market opportunity measured in the tens of trillions of dollars. Elon Musk still controls roughly 85% of the company’s voting power through the dual-class structure, and some of his compensation targets are tied to building a permanent Mars colony. The company also disclosed massive debt obligations and rapidly increasing capital expenditures as it scales both launch systems and AI infrastructure. One unusual section warns investors about reputational and legal risks tied to Grok’s “Spicy” and “Unhinged” modes. More than anything else, the filing shows that SpaceX is no longer positioning itself as only a launch provider. It is presenting itself as a long-term platform for communications, AI compute, energy, and space infrastructure.
Most estimates cluster around a $1.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion valuation, with SpaceX potentially raising between $50 billion and $75 billion in the IPO itself. This would make it the largest IPO in history.
Interesting Posts to read
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Amazing Video of the 12th flight test of Starship
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If you read any interesting news/post last week, please share them in the comments. I would love to know what you read