February 2026 acquired his artificial-intelligence startup xAI
The goal is to build 1,000,000 AI Data Centers as orbital Space stations.
The plan is to get the first test space Stations by early 2027
In Feb 2026 SpaceX submitted a 32-page filing for the initial bandwidth in a new non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system proposals to the FCC (Quickly followed by Blue Origin submission to stop SpaceX)
Starmind are the new AI satellites using the AI1 chips built in collaboration with NVIDIA's Rubin GPUs and Vira CPUs.
Starmind V1 satellites will launch on the Starship beginning in 2027.