Tesla Shareholders to Vote on Grok AI Investment
Tesla Shareholders to Vote on Grok AI Investment
🤖 Tesla's AI Plot Thickens
Elon Musk announced Tesla shareholders will vote on potential investment in his AI company xAI, developer of Grok. This follows recent news of plans to integrate Grok into Tesla vehicles.
Key points:
- Musk expressed personal support for Tesla investing in xAI
- Vote timing and investment details remain unspecified
- Integration with Tesla vehicles already planned
This move could represent significant strategic alignment between Tesla's automotive AI capabilities and Grok's language model technology.
"Elon Musk promises Tesla, $TSLA, shareholders a vote over buying equity in his Grok startup: ‘If it was up to me, Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago’," per FORTUNE
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