Business deals born at Burning Man, from Google's CEO hire to an investment in drones

Tech Insider : Business
Composite image of Elon Musk and Burning Man sculpture on fire
Some business leaders have taken inspiration from their time in Black Rock City.

Reuters; Associated Press

Burning Man showed Sam Altman what the future could look like. Here are the famous CEOs and billionaires who have attended in the past.

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Politics
Crowd at Burning Man festival
Burning Man takes place each year around the last week of August.

JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images

Elon Musk's companies sue Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of an 'anticompetitive scheme'

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Elon Musk looks toward his right in the Oval Office at the White House.
"Unfortunately, what choice do we have? Apple didn't just put their thumb on the scale, they put their whole body!" Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday.

Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images

The history of Elon Musk and Sam Altman's relationship and feuds, which date back to the early days of OpenAI

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk

Getty

Elon Musk says he wants to 'simulate' software companies like Microsoft 'purely' with AI. He's calling it 'Macrohard.'

Tech Insider : Business
Elon Musk is pictured at Cannes Lions in 2024.
After Tesla signed a semiconductor deal with Samsung, Elon Musk wrote that he would "walk the line personally to accelerate the pace of progress."

Marc Piasecki/Getty Images

Tesla board member Kimbal Musk weighs in on his brother's pay package and the idea of Tesla investing in xAI

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Formula One F1 - Las Vegas Grand Prix - Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S - November 18, 2023 Kimbal Musk before the race
Kimbal Musk supports Elon Musk's pay package and plan to invest in xAI.

MIKE BLAKE/REUTERS

Musk tried to get Zuckerberg on board to buy OpenAI, says the AI company

Tech Insider : Business
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right).
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and Elon Musk (right).

Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images; Marco Ravagli/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Federal regulators probe Tesla over not properly reporting crashes involving Autopilot and Full Self-Driving

Tech Insider : Business
A Tesla sedan is shown after it struck a parked Laguna Beach Police Department vehicle in Laguna Beach, California, U.S. in this handout photo
The NHTSA said in a notice that Tesla often takes months to report crash data that involves its driver assistance technologies.

Laguna Beach Police Department/Handout via REUTERS

Kumail Nanjiani describes meeting Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg — and why Musk 'didn't like' the show 'Silicon Valley'

Tech Insider : Business
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are pictured
Kumail Nanjiani said that he met both Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Neither were pleased with him.

AP

I drove Tesla's first car, the 2008 Roadster. It was one of the most fun EVs I've driven in years — and I got a bicep workout.

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
A 2008 Tesla Roadster on a gravel parking lot
A 2008 Tesla Roadster.

Andrew Lambrecht

Subscribe to elon-musk