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OpenAI prez Greg Brockman tells court his stake in firm is worth $30 bn

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and CEO Sam Altman's top lieutenant, disclosed in court Monday that his stake in the artificial intelligence company is worth nearly USD 30 billion. Brockman, who also said he did not personally invest any money in OpenAI, was testifying Monday in the trial that centres on the company's 2015 founding as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Elon Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at USD 852 billion. Brockman's disclosure would put him on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, with wealth comparable to Melinda French Gates. The civil lawsuit accuses Altman and Brockman of double-crossing Musk by straying from the San Francisco company's founding mission to be an altruistic steward of a revolutionary technology. The lawsuit alleges they shifted into a moneymaking mode behind Musk's back. Late Sunday, OpenAI lawyers tried to admit as evidence a text message Musk sent to Brockman two days before the trial began. ...

Elon Musk's Tesla compensation totals reaches $158 billion for 2025

Tesla reported the 2025 total in a regulatory filing Thursday, almost six months after more than 75% of voting shares supported the chief executive officer's massive stock award

Tesla to spend $3 billion on research chip factory, use intel tech

The research facility will be built on the electric-vehicle maker's existing Giga Texas campus, Musk said Wednesday during the company's quarterly earnings call

Electric vehicle maker Tesla launches six-seater Model Y L variant in India

The new variant, called the Model Y L, features an extended wheelbase and is priced at ₹62 lakh ($66,324.35), according to the company website

Tesla likely to buy solar equipment worth $2.9 billion from Chinese firms

Musk said in January that solar power could meet all of the electricity needs of the United States, including the ever-increasing demand from a growing number of data centres

Tesla IT executive Raj Jegannathan exits months after named to sales role

Raj Jegannathan, a Tesla vice president tapped to oversee sales in the region last year, said in a LinkedIn post that he was parting ways with the company

My partner is half-Indian, son's middle name honours S Chandrasekhar: Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his partner Shivon Zilis is half-Indian and one of their children's middle name is Sekhar' after the Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. One of my sons with her is, his middle name is Sekhar, after Chandrasekhar, Musk said in an interview with investor and entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath on his show People by WTF'. S Chandrasekhar was a renowned Indian-American astrophysicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars. When asked if Zilis had spent any time in India, Musk said she was given up for adoption when she was a baby and grew up in Canada. "I think her father was like an exchange student at the university, or something like that. I'm not sure of the exact details, but, just kind of thing where I don't know... she was given up for adoption, he said. Musk has four children with Zilis - twins Strider and Azure, a daughter Arcadia

Tesla aims to roll out new charging network to boost EV adoption in India

Tesla aims to make charging easier across India with new stations, encouraging more people to switch to electric vehicles

Between Tesla and OpenAI, two governance flashpoints hold lessons for India

How to sustain open innovation in the face of rising financial and computational demands

Musk's trillion-dollar temptation: Tesla faces a high-stakes shareholder vote

As Musk seeks unprecedented control over Tesla, a shareholder vote will decide whether vision trumps checks and balances

Sam Altman cancels Tesla Roadster reservation after '7.5 years of wait'

Last year, Musk said the Roadster's design was nearing completion and promised it would be "something spectacular," indicating that production was planned for 2025

Tesla EU sales plunge 40% in July as anger at Musk drives 7th monthly drop

Europeans angry at Elon Musk still aren't buying his cars months after the billionaire predicted a major rebound in Tesla sales, data released Thursday shows. Tesla sales plunged 40 per cent in July in the 27 European Union countries compared with the year earlier even as sales overall of electric vehicle soared, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association. Meanwhile sales of Chinese rival BYD continued to climb fast, grabbing 1.1 per cent market share of all car sales in the month versus Tesla's 0.7 per cent. Tesla stock fell 1.5 per cent in afternoon trading Thursday. Musk angered many Europeans by wading into politics there, embracing far-right candidates, calling a British prime minister an evil tyrant who belongs in prison and telling Germans things will get very, very much worse in their country if they didn't vote for the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party. Protests broke out in several cities, including a hanging of the billionaire in effigy in

Trump wants Musk's firms to thrive in US, says he won't pull subsidies

Musk's SpaceX had been considered a frontrunner to build out Trump's $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and remains a natural choice for key elements of the project

Tesla spars in court over autopilot alert 2 seconds before 2019 crash

Tesla is seeking to show a jury that the company's technology performed as it should and that the driver is fully to blame for running through a stop sign at a T intersection

Tesla launches robotaxi pilot in Texas, faces tough road to mass rollout

For years, Musk has said Tesla would soon operate its own autonomous ride-hailing service and also turn any Tesla, new or used, into a cash-generating robotaxi for its customers

Musk reveals Tesla robotaxi rollout plans: What is it, how does it work?

Elon Musk says Tesla will tentatively launch its first robotaxi service in Austin on June 22, combining Full Self-Driving software and Model Y vehicles in a bid to outpace rivals

Elon Musk's father Errol to seek blessings at Ayodhya's Ram temple today

Errol Musk, father of US billionaire Elon Musk, expressed a keen desire to visit Ramlalla, calling India's rich cultural and historical heritage "amazing" since his arrival in the country

Elon Musk calls Bill Gates 'huge liar' over 'killing world's poorest' claim

Bill Gates blamed Elon Musk for USAID's shutdown and its fallout on child welfare. Now Musk has retaliated with Epstein references and questioned Gates' credibility

Tesla eyes new pay deal for Musk as legal row over $56 bn package drags on

A special board committee has been established to explore compensation options amid leadership uncertainty

Tesla refunds early India bookings for Model 3 signaling entry is near

The Elon Musk-led car maker is refunding the years-old bookings since the older generation of the Model 3 is being discontinued