Tesla board chair says Elon Musk being involved in things outside of the company 'actually helps Tesla'

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Robyn Denholm, Chair of the Technology Council of Australia and Chair of the Board of Directors of Tesla Inc, during an address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday September 14th, 2022.
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm.

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First Elon Musk, now Larry Ellison: The world's richest men are buying huge media companies — because they can

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Larry Ellison and Elon Musk
Larry Ellison is one of the world's richest men, so he can buy anything he wants, like a media company or two. That's what Elon Musk did with Twitter.

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Tesla said xAI stands for "eXploratory Artificial Intelligence." It's not clear where it got that.

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Elon Musk founded xAI in 2023.

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A Tesla engineer quit after 8 years and slammed Elon Musk's leadership on the way out

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Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump in November 2024.
Elon Musk urged businesses to incorporate outside Delaware.

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Sam Altman is fighting to depose Elon Musk's wealth manager and Shivon Zilis

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right).
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has some kind words for his OpenAI cofounder — and current legal opponent — Elon Musk.

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Jared Isaacman reveals why he initially thought his since-rescinded offer to lead NASA was a scam

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Jared Isaacman deleted a voicemail asking him to join the administration.

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Elon Musk could get a $1 trillion pay package — but he has to find his successor first

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Elon Musk sitting in a chair.
"I agree with much of what the administration does, but we have differences of opinion," Elon Musk said of his time with the Trump administration.

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The crackdown on Elon Musk's pay has backfired spectacularly

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Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk laughs during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk laughing

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Donald Trump summoned Big Tech CEOs to a White House dinner. We decided to zoom in on the seating chart.

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President trump's tech dinner
David Sachs, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald and Melania Trump, Bill Gates, Safra Catz, and her husband Gal Tirosh.

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Tesla's $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk boils down to one thing: Keeping the attention of the world's richest man

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Elon Musk attends Trump rally in October 2024.
Tesla proposed a new pay package for CEO Elon Musk on Friday.

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