SpaceX's president is floating a Tesla merger as the company begins trading

hmokiguess

right, accelerated vesting

jacobgorm

Seems very likely, related: https://electrek.co/2026/05/31/a-spacex-tesla-merger-could-t...

Zigurd

If you're gonna float a $2 trillion bubble, why not make it 3.

NickC25

Something here stinks....and I'm not sure what it is. But my god, the corruption here is staggering.

V__

> There's no question that there are synergies between Tesla and SpaceX in our futures," she said. "There's a convergence of what we're all trying to accomplish in the future." Accomplish a ludicrous valuation above all else?

bhouston

It was called here on Hacker News by SilverElfin back in early February (4 months back), and I remember because I agreed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46863028

whatever1

See? If you throw infinite amounts of money at someone, they can always be successful

qaq

Well given dual class shares in SpaceX Elon will get full control of Tesla for free aside from all other benefits ...

Iolaum

Does this mean Telsa would get out of the S&P index, or that SpaceX would come in? Hope for the former.

btilly

So now that Tesla is clearly crashing, fold it into the more successful SpaceX and get to roll the dice again? Classic Elon. This is the same thing that he did to rescue a failing Solar City by making it part of Tesla. It takes a lot to get where Elon is. But it also takes a willingness to double down over and over again on big bets. And he himself will be the first to admit that the most likely outcome of his strategy was bankruptcy.

albatross79

Degenerate scammers

baggachipz

This has been the plan all along. Tesla is the only one of any of these companies who makes money (but dwindling) and by getting Elon majority shares of SpaceX, he can then gain majority control of Tesla.

outside1234

Just keep changing the goalposts so all of rubes investing in these junk stocks can keep drinking the koolaid. Also, so Elon can raid the company treasury.

redox99

On the one hand, there's definitely some overlap between Tesla and SpaceX. Optimus, FSD, xAI, Orbital AI, Tesla Solar, Terafab, and so on. It genuinely does make sense. On the other hand, large part of it is probably securing control of the company with super voting stocks.

waltbosz

What's the end goal of merging everything into X ?

koolba

This is all because Musk doesn’t want to have two different corporate email addresses. The corporate synergies are secondary to the convenience of checking just one mailbox.

tristanj

The Tesla/SpaceX merger rumors feel like classic cope created by Tesla bagholders who feel they are missing out on the SpaceX IPO. Let’s be real: Elon has mentally checked out of Tesla. His heart and focus is at SpaceX, and long time Tesla holders have watched this slow-motion abandonment happen over the past few years. Just look at the lack of projects/innovation coming out of Tesla, and compare that to what's happening at SpaceX. Innovation has slowed to a crawl at Tesla. Tesla shareholders desperately want in on Elon's next project, and the only way they can protect their investment is if SpaceX buys them out.

yanis_t

well that was fast

josefritzishere

cars and spaceships... totally the same thing.

whazor

It would be like Samsung: Samsung does semiconductors, smartphones, displays, TVs, appliances, batteries, shipbuilding, construction, insurance, hotels, and even theme parks.