They bought Cursor for AI. Earlier this year cursor switched to pay per use model, so now every engineer is spending dozens to hundreds of AI Bucks. I don’t think Cursor is profitable on that yet, but I imagine xAI are looking to scale that model, both to turn Grok into something that earns an income, and to scale up to profit despite cost of datacenters/training.

I’m skeptical there is really a profitable market, but it might be the most grounded of his predictions. The technology exists, the business model is successful at a small scale, so they just need to scale

Who is that

Can't do that. That's Communism. Communism Killed 10 Trillion People.

Other guys comment, and the note about pension funds, is more about how things like the CPP will invest in SpaceX -- as will many ETF/bundled type 'funds' that people use. Things practically outside your control.

Yes, you and others can invest your personal wealth into whatever you want. But your gov old age stuff will invest into stuff like SpaceX regardless, and be exposed to potential risks should things collapse catastrophically.

Why not?

And yet that was one of the things I used to like - like an engineer he is able to talk in technical details, focus on minutiae, but lacks social skills. Perhaps a nod toward autism. As an engineer, that personality spoke to me.

It’s only after people started worshipping him that he hallucinated having social skills or really any talent outside speaking of technology. That’s one person who should have stayed in his shell.

He was always reputed to be hell to work for also, so it’s not like I ever was tempted toward that

I will happily live in an era of electric vehicles, cheap and easy access to space and all the modern functionality that brings, affordable satellite connectivity. I will happily live in a world where even the biggest trucks can keep up speed while fully loaded iPhone uphill, without polluting, without noise. I will happily choose a vehicle whose trip planning optimizes route and duration, automatically planning chargers as needed. I will happily live in a world where my vehicle, thermostat and home power storage can participate in a “virtual power plant” with intelligent time shifting

I wonder what his will looks like. Who gets to keep it all if he ODs on Ketamine.

Yeah sure I also think that he is a trillionare at the moment. I was just trying to show that it's absurd to say he has the money even if the stock price falls because he's already liquidated it.

What moron bank would lend against no actual collateral.

Most of his net worth is still in his ownership of his remaining shares. He didn't sell everything he owned. He has his special shares still.

The reflecting pool is now full of underwater tigers tasked with stalking the algae. The price has quadrupled.