Business tycoon Elon Musk plans to talk with the board of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) about possibly investing $5 billion in his artificial intelligence startup xAI.
What Happened: Earlier this week, Musk gave his 191 million X followers a chance to weigh in on the possible expenditure by placing a yes-no survey on the platform on Tuesday.
"Should Tesla invest $5B into xAI, assuming the valuation is set by several credible outside investors?" Musk asked.
He also wrote "Board approval & shareholder vote are needed, so this is just to test the waters" in parentheses.
About 67.9% of 958,086 voters approved the idea by the next day. And Musk indicated that he plans to discuss the heavy investment with his seven fellow Tesla board members.
"Looks like the public is in favor. Will discuss with Tesla board," he wrote on X.
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Why It Matters: Musk continues to blur the line between all the entities he owns.
Musk, Tesla's largest shareholder, previously sold large blocks of the EV stock to help finance his $44-billion purchase of X, back when it did business as Twitter.
The billionaire founded xAI last year in an effort to compete with Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) AI tech as well as OpenAI producer ChatGPT and its corporate backer, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).
The xAI startup raised $6 billion in a series B funding in May, giving it a post-money valuation of $24 billion.
Price Action: Tesla has risen 3.69% to $223.95 as of Thursday's late-afternoon trading, while exchange-traded funds that hold Tesla stock also made gains, some leaping nearly 8%.
- T-Rex 2X Long Tesla Daily Target ETF (NASDAQ:TSLT) jumped 7.83%.
- Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (NASADQ: TSLL) gained 7.87%.
- Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) edged up 0.77%.
- Direxion Daily Concentrated Qs Bull 2X Shares (NASDAQ:QQQU) moved up 0.20%.
- Direxion Daily Consumer Discretionary Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:WANT) gained 0.64%.
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商业大亨埃隆·马斯克计划与特斯拉股份有限公司（纳斯达克：TSLA）董事会就在其人工智能初创公司xAI中可能投资50亿美元进行讨论。
发生了什么：本周早些时候，马斯克在周二将一份有无调查发布到该平台上，为他的19100万名关注者提供了权衡可能开支的机会。
“特斯拉是否应投资50亿美元到xAI中，假设其估值由几家可信的外部投资者确定？”马斯克问道。
他还在括号内写道：“需要董事会批准和股东投票，这只是试水。”
截至第二天，958,086名投票者中有约67.9%赞同这个想法。马斯克表示，他计划与其他七个特斯拉董事成员讨论这项重大投资。
他在X上写道：“看起来大众是赞成的。将与特斯拉董事会讨论。”
同时阅读：在埃隆·马斯克和吉姆·法利的团队未能安抚投资者之后，特斯拉、福特、通用汽车和其他汽车制造商在盘前交易中下跌
马斯克继续模糊他所拥有的所有实体之间的界限。
作为特斯拉最大的股东，马斯克此前曾大量出售EV股票以帮助融资44亿美元的X的收购，当时X还以Twitter为业务。
这位亿万富翁去年创办了xAI，以与Alphabet Inc.（纳斯达克：GOOG）的人工智能技术以及OpAI生产者ChatGPt及其公司背后的微软公司（NASDAQ：MSFT）竞争。
xAI于5月份进行B轮融资，筹集了60亿美元，估值后为240亿美元。
价格行情：在周四的午后交易中，特斯拉股价上涨3.69美元，至223.95美元，而持有特斯拉股票的交易所交易基金也获得了收益，有些甚至飙升了近8%。
- t-Rex 2倍做多特斯拉日报收益目标ETF（纳斯达克：TSLT）上涨7.83%。
- Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (NASADQ: TSLL)收益7.87%。
- 非必需消费类etf-spdr微升0.77%。
- Direxion Daily Concentrated Qs Bull 2X Shares (NASDAQ:QQQU)微涨0.20%。
- Direxion Daily Consumer Discretionary Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:WANT)收益0.64%。
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