Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX is taking over his artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, as the billionaire takes steps to unify some of his many different business interests.
SpaceX on Monday confirmed the deal to acquire xAI, a smaller firm known for its Grok chatbot, posting a memo from Musk about the merger on its website.
In the note, Musk said the combination would form an "innovation engine" putting AI, rockets, space-based internet, and media under one roof.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Last month, his electric car company, Tesla, also announced it had invested $2bn (£1.46bn) into xAI.
Musk told Tesla investors at the time that he envisioned xAI functioning as an "orchestra conductor" for Tesla factories employing autonomous robots.
