IIRC the large majority of their hardware (at least one tranche, they might have gotten more later) was Elon effectively stealing it from Tesla for xAI, saying “I’m personally doing Tesla a favor, since they can’t fully utilize it currently”, and is now renting that (stolen) compute to subsidize SpaceX.

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bmitc 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Musk is a walking and talking financial fraudster and criminal and somehow keeps getting away with it.

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ertian 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Someday, Americans may punish him with a presidency.

	▲	LadyCailin 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Not unless the constitution changes first. You have to be born in America to run for president.