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- On Tuesday, Elon Musk floated the idea of Tesla investing $5 billion into xAI.
- Musk's gotten pushback for shifting resources between his companies in the past.
- But shareholders in the past have bought into Musk's whole entrepreneurial vision — rather than just its parts.
Should Elon Musk spend money from one company he controls to invest in another? Musk asked users of a third company he controls.
On Tuesday night on X, Elon Musk floated the idea, polling users whether Tesla should invest $5 billion into his burgeoning AI startup, xAI.