Musk’s xAI, SpaceX combo is the largest merger of all time, valued at $1.25 trillion – Imperial Wire

Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX has acquired his synthetic intelligence startup xAI in a deal that can worth the corporate at $1.25 trillion, CNBC’s David Faber has confirmed.

The record-setting deal would be the largest merger of all time and values SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion, based on paperwork seen by CNBC.

Musk introduced the deal in a weblog put up on Monday, saying he is creating “probably the most bold, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth, with AI, rockets, space-based web,” and the X social media platform.” The primary motive for the merger, he mentioned, is to higher construct “orbital knowledge facilities.”

Bloomberg beforehand reported the merger valuation.

The deal, which is structured as a share alternate, comes forward of a extremely anticipated blockbuster preliminary public providing for SpaceX later this yr.

Shares of xAI might be transformed into 0.1433 shares of SpaceX inventory. Paperwork present xAI at $75.46 per share and SpaceX at $526.59 a share.

Financial institution valuation paperwork seen by CNBC worth SpaceX at between $859 billion and $1.26 trillion and xAI at $219 billion and $294 billion.