News/M&A/Feb 2, 2026

SpaceX completes all-stock acquisition of xAI

SpaceX announced that it had completed its acquisition of the AI company xAI in a private share swap, so no large cash outlay was needed. Reported valuations were about $1 trillion for SpaceX and about $250 billion for xAI. The deal put xAI's models, cloud business and the X social platform inside SpaceX, where they form the AI segment.

  • Deal structured as a private share swap, with no large cash outlay
  • Reported valuations: SpaceX about $1 trillion, xAI about $250 billion
  • xAI became a wholly owned subsidiary and forms the AI segment with X
Source
The Peninsula (QNA)
Feb 2, 2026
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