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Saudi cash fuels Musk’s next frontier

Jason Weisberger
Feb 20, 2026
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Elon Musk’s crap factory xAI has secured a $3 billion investment from Saudi-backed HUMAIN, converting the stake into shares of the soon-to-be combined xAI–SpaceX entity. A kingdom-supported investor is now a significant minority owner in the same company that launches U.S. national security payloads, deploys Starlink satel…

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