The sequence of events: Elon doing a leveraged buyout of X, then xAI funding, then debt transfers to X, then the xAI–X stock deal. Now the proposed SpaceX–xAI merger appears to have shifted X’s financial burden from Musk personally toward xAI investors and, potentially, future SpaceX shareholders.

This is speculative, of course, but yeah seems likely.

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lotsofpulp 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So what? People who buy SpaceX shares should take into account all of its debt when deciding how much to pay for a share.

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estearum 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Just like people should've thought about all the Related Party transactions when deciding how much to pay for Enron.

	▲	lotsofpulp 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Are you suggesting there is straight up Enron style legally defined fraud in this deal? What is being hidden? And yes, agency risk is always a thing. It’s part of life.

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ahmeneeroe-v2 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Won't someone think of the future SpaceX shareholders!

	▲	drsalt 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Won't everyone essentially be a shareholder indirectly? so yeah, someone should think about it.