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Elon Musk and the future

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur who leads Tesla and SpaceX and founded xAI and Neuralink. He is one of the wealthiest people in the world.

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  • 2016first covered
  • 13 Jun 2026latest update
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Who is Elon Musk?

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur who leads Tesla and SpaceX and founded xAI and Neuralink. He is one of the wealthiest people in the world.

What is Elon Musk doing to bring the future to life?

Musk's companies are pushing electric and autonomous vehicles, reusable rockets and missions to Mars, satellite internet, humanoid robots, brain implants and frontier AI.

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  1. Elon Musk is the world’s first Trillionaire after SpaceX IPOOpinion
  2. Elon Musk was pushed out at PayPal now he’s launching an X rival to disrupt themConnected society
  3. Elon Musk calls Bitcoin an unclonable physics based Energy CurrencyConnected society
  4. China launches orbital space computing institute to compete with SpaceXSpace
  5. SpaceX reveals its first orbital data center AI1Computing
  6. Elon Musk’s potential lifetime tax bill of $5 Trillion could re-write the rule book of US economicsOpinion
  7. World’s AI DRAM crisis could be solved with a fiber loop that spans the worldComputing
  8. Elon Musk Shifts SpaceX Focus to Moon for AI Data CentersSpace
  9. Humans Start Infiltrating the AI Bot Only Social Network MoltBookAI and intelligence
  10. Iran Internet Blackout Sparks Surge in Offline Bitcoin Solutions and Satellite-Based Crypto TradingConnected society
  11. China develops the world’s most powerful Starlink Microwave smasherConnected society
  12. Altman says AI will cause massive deflation and make everyone worth vastly moreOpinion
  13. Elon Musk says in the future money will be irrelevant and work optionalOpinion
  14. Cathie Woods says Musks Starship is critical to solving the AI power bottleneckEarth and energy
  15. SpaceX to launch datacenters in space and aim at 100Tw of solar energy generationComputing
  16. Google and SpaceX hatch plans to build AI Factories in spaceComputing
  17. Hassabis thinks the AI revolution will be 10x bigger and faster than the Industrial RevolutionAI and intelligence
  18. Elon Musk floats idea of 2nm capable Gigafab to rival TSMCComputing
  19. Musk says xAI will have more AI compute than everyone combined in 5 yearsComputing
  20. Musk announces a 6 Trillion parameter Grok 5 will arrive very soonAI and intelligence
  21. DOGE uses AI tool SweetREX to slash needless government regulationAI and intelligence
  22. Musk wants to use xAI to clone Microsofts SaaS stack – launches MicroHardAI and intelligence
  23. Elon Musk suggests using Grok 4 to re-write all of human historyAI and intelligence
  24. AI will make bedroom dudes Trillionaires says Mark CubanArticles
  25. Tesla gets a license to supply UK homes with electricityEarth and energy
  26. xAI releases Grok 4 an AI with post PhD levels of intelligenceAI and intelligence
  27. Elon Musk debuts Grok 3 as the world’s smartest AIAI and intelligence
  28. StarLink Gen 3 LEO satellites will offer a whopping 1Tb speedConnected society
  29. Tesla starts offering insurance discounts to grab extra self driving dataTransport and mobility
  30. Elon Musk makes laughably serious hostile bid to buy OpenAI for $97 BillionOpinion
  31. US military’s next gen fighter jet helmet lets pilots control everything with thoughtBiotech and enhanced humans
  32. Microsoft and OpenAI agree a financial definition of AGI of $100 BillionAI and intelligence
  33. Elon Musk wants to give Mars its own version of StarlinkSpace
  34. Elon Musk floats the idea of using Bitcoin to pay off $35 Trillion of US debtConnected society
  35. Oracle unveils the world’s first Zettascale AI supercomputing clusterComputing
  36. Tesla secures an absolutely massive multi billion dollar Megapack orderEarth and energy
  37. Neuralink Blindsight implant gets FDA green lightBiotech and enhanced humans
  38. Neural implant patients get more powerful by using cognitive compartmentalisationBiotech and enhanced humans
  39. Elon Musk wants to buy 300,000 Nvidia Blackwells to power new xAI ambitionsAI and intelligence
  40. Neuralink’s first brain implant patient is constantly multi-taskingBiotech and enhanced humans
  41. SpaceX’s fourth Starship splashes down in the Gulf of MexicoTransport and mobility
  42. SpaceX unveils their new high tech space suit for Mars colonistsSpace
  43. Controlling self-improving artificial super intelligence is probably impossibleAI and intelligence
  44. Elon Musk’s Neuralink outfit has implanted its first brain chip in a humanBiotech and enhanced humans
  45. Sam Altman wants up to $7 Trillion for a new chip venture, but who doesn’t!?Computing
  46. Elon Musk targets full global energy transition with Master Plan 3Earth and energy
  47. Tesla’s first fully loaded electric Class-8 Semi completes its first 500 mile tripTransport and mobility
  48. OpenAI’s conversational ChatGPT AI is over confident but otherwise brilliantAI and intelligence
  49. SpaceX unveils Starshield their government encrypted satellite networkConnected society
  50. Researchers reverse engineered SpaceX’s satellite signals to create a new GPS serviceConnected society
  51. Telsa vehicles will soon be connected to SpaceX’s global space internet systemConnected society
  52. T-Mobile and SpaceX team up to end mobile dead zones in the USAConnected society
  53. FCC finally authorises SpaceX to roll out satellite broadband to anything that movesConnected society
  54. Elon Musk deepfake crypto scams are on the rise and they’re getting betterSecurity and privacy
  55. Jack Dorsey wants Elon Musk to turn Twitter into a protocol not a companyConnected society
  56. Space based communication company Starlink just signed its first airline customerConnected society
  57. Elon Musk’s Starlink space internet system brings 500Mbps to anywhere on EarthConnected society
  58. To hit 20 million cars a year Tesla bets the farm on a monster 12,000 ton GigapressIndustry and manufacturing
  59. SpaceX say they’ll be able to provide internet anywhere on Earth by SeptemberConnected society
  60. Elon Musk turns his eye to disrupting the out dated global auto insurance industryConnected society
  61. SpaceX plans first orbital Starship test from Texas to HawaiiTransport and mobility
  62. Amazingly Elon Musks massive Starship rocket is carbon neutralSpace
  63. SpaceX’s SN15 Starship prototype finally sticks the landingSpace
  64. Elon Musk’s Neuralink helps monkies play Pong with their mindsBiotech and enhanced humans
  65. SpaceX’s latest Starship SN8 test was a huge explosive successSpace
  66. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will make its own laws on Mars when it colonises the planetSpace
  67. Elon Musk unveils new BMI tech that will one day let humans merge with AIBiotech and enhanced humans
  68. The first speed tests from Elon Musk’s giant global satellite network revealedConnected society
  69. SpaceX’s Mars Starship aces first hop testsSpace
  70. SpaceX to build floating spaceports for rockets to the Moon and Mars, and hypersonic Earth travelTransport and mobility
  71. US military signs on to start testing Elon Musk’s StarLink communications networkConnected society
  72. SpaceX successfully launches first crew into orbit, ushers in new era of spaceflightSpace
  73. Tesla’s revolutionary 1 million mile battery finally makes electric cars cheaper than gas guzzlersTransport and mobility
  74. A convincing DeepFake Elon Musk just Zoom-bombed a video callAI and intelligence
  75. Travelling at Mach speeds underground edges closer as Boring Co completes Vegas tunnelTransport and mobility
  76. Tesla unveil their new battery that lasts 1 million milesEarth and energy
  77. Elon Musk unveils Neuralink’s brain implants that will help humans merge with AIBiotech and enhanced humans
  78. You can now try the “world’s most dangerous” fake news AI for yourselfAI and intelligence
  79. NASA’s green rocket fuel is less harmful to the environment, and can be FedEx’dEarth and energy
  80. Satellite launch kick starts Elon Musk’s quest to connect everyone on EarthConnected society
  81. Elon Musk’s SpaceX capsule lands successfully in crucial step toward human spaceflightSpace
  82. SpaceX seeks FCC approval to bring space based internet to the entire USConnected society
  83. New AI Fake News generator is too dangerous to release, say its creatorsAI and intelligence
  84. OpenAI develops curious AI’s that learn for themselvesAI and intelligence
  85. Elon Musk unveils the future of urban transport, and living on MarsTransport and mobility
  86. Elon Musk gets ready to unveil the future of urban transportationTransport and mobility
  87. OpenAI’s bot crushes the world’s top Dota 2 playersAI and intelligence
  88. OpenAI’s robot hand handles objects with human-like dexterityRobotics
  89. Elon Musk warns that AI could “become an immortal dictator”Security and privacy
  90. Experts believe AI will be used to hijack brain machine interfaces, form consortiumSecurity and privacy
  91. Musk unveils his newest transportation concept for Los AngelesTransport and mobility
  92. SpaceX will launch it’s global satellite internet ambitions todayConnected society
  93. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy assumes launch position ready for maiden flightSpace
  94. Elon Musk beats his 100 day deadline to power up the world’s biggest batteryEarth and energy
  95. Musk unveils his plan to put a million people on Mars starting 2024Space
  96. Travel to anywhere on Earth in under an hour, Elon Musk reveals his newest planTransport and mobility
  97. Tesla enters the Hyperloop race, instantly breaks speed recordTransport and mobility
  98. Self-evolving killer robots are almost here, and experts want a debateSecurity and privacy
  99. Travel to Mars for $200,000 on Elon Musk’s SpaceX ExpressSpace
  100. Tesla’s self-driving cars will drive coast to coast in 2018Transport and mobility
  101. Maiden flight of SpaceX rocket that will take tourists to the Moon lifts off in three monthsSpace
  102. Elon Musk bought a boring machine but is it for LA or Mars?Transport and mobility
  103. Futurist on TV: Elon Musk and the Future of Transportation, Discovery ChannelArticles
  104. An AI backed by Elon Musk just ‘evolved’ to learn by itselfAI and intelligence
  105. SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch will attempt upper stage recoverySpace
  106. SpaceX makes history launching its first recycled rocketSpace
  107. Lifting the curtain on NeuraLink, Elon Musk’s adventure to connect humans and machinesBiotech and enhanced humans
  108. World’s top AI experts met to discuss Doomsday scenarios, and solutionsAI and intelligence
  109. Elon Musk announced SpaceX is sending two private citizens to the MoonSpace
  110. Dubai buys 200 self-driving Teslas to complete the world’s first autonomous transportation networkTransport and mobility
  111. Musk: Telsa’s first fully autonomous car to appear within six monthsTransport and mobility
  112. Zuckerberg wants to turn Facebook into the world’s largest telepathic networkAI and intelligence
  113. New breakthrough polymer could charge electric cars in secondsIndustry and manufacturing
  114. Elon Musk believes universal basic income is inevitableConnected society
  115. SpaceX will launch 4,425 satellites to bring superfast broadband to the entire worldConnected society
  116. SpaceX, Facebook and others compete to connect the next 3.5 billion peopleConnected society
  117. The machine making the machines, Tesla’s giant Gigafactory to go live in 2017Earth and energy
  118. SolarCity’s solar Gigafactory to produce 10GW, or three large power stations, a yearEarth and energy
  119. Elon Musk says advanced AIs will take down the internetAI and intelligence
  120. Tesla’s fully autonomous car makes its first appearanceTransport and mobility
  121. The race is on as Boeing vows to beat SpaceX to MarsSpace
  122. SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to get humans to Mars by 2022Space
  123. An AI upgrade for your brain, Elon Musk teases the Neural LaceBiotech and enhanced humans
  124. OpenAI trains its bots to speak using RedditAI and intelligence
  125. Dubai ports jumps on the Hyperloop trainTransport and mobility
  126. SpaceX begins tests on the rocket that will take humans to MarsSpace
  127. SpaceX announces 2018 mission to MarsSpace
  128. Inside SpaceX’s mission to MarsSpace
  129. Gates, Hawking and Musk and thousands more warn against the dangers of AIAI and intelligence
  130. Elon Musk wants his space internet venture to fund a city on MarsConnected society

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FAQ

What companies does Elon Musk run?

Elon Musk leads Tesla and SpaceX and founded xAI and Neuralink, among other ventures.

What is Elon Musk doing in AI?

Musk founded xAI, which develops the Grok models, and Tesla is developing AI for self-driving cars and the Optimus humanoid robot.

Why does Elon Musk matter for the future?

Musk's companies are driving change across transport, space, energy, robotics and AI at the same time, which makes his decisions early signals for many industries.

How many articles has 311 Institute published about Elon Musk?

311 Institute has published 130 articles about Elon Musk since 2016, most recently on 13 June 2026.

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