Elon, Inc.
Episodes
Elon Fights for His Pay Package… and With Altman... and Cook
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, Tesla—and Elon Musk—will face a vote of great emotional (if not legal) import: will shareholders approve, among other things, a measu...
Introducing "Foundering: The OpenAI Story"
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Foundering: The OpenAI Story is a narrative podcast that examines the rise of Sam Altman, from the time he was a 19-year-old startup founder, then the...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Elon and Trump
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s felony conviction for fraud, his followers scrambled to be first to reaffirm their fealty to the twice-impeached ...
Elon High, Class of '24
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk has an interesting entourage (to say the least) and a penchant for bringing executives from one of his companies to another—often at the s...
"A Typhoid Mary of Celebrity Endorsers"
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, a Democratic pollster surveyed the value of celebrity endorsement on the presidential race—looking at a sample of younger voters. The upsh...
Neuralink's First Patient Speaks, and How to Invest in SpaceX
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Bloomberg Businessweek published an exclusive look at Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get Elon Musk’s Neuralink technology implanted ...
Introducing: Big Take Asia
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re taking The Big Take to Asia. Each week, Bloomberg’s Oanh Ha tells a story from the home of the world's most dynamic economies - and the mark...
Live from San Francisco: Elon vs. OpenAI, School of Grok
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Elon, Inc. held a live taping at Bloomberg’s Tech Summit. Like many of the conversations that day, it focused on artificial intelligence...
Reinstating Nick Fuentes and Tone-Policing J.K. Rowling
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the news broke that Tesla had terminated most of its supercharging team (along with summer interns) as part of a broader mass dismissal. Ev...
Elon Goes to China, X Has an Anniversary
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before last week’s Tesla earnings, Elon Musk was scheduled to go to India—but didn’t. This weekend, though, news broke that he had in fact gone ...
The Most Important Earnings of Elon's Life?
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week David, Dana and Max are joined by Bloomberg Technology co-host Ed Ludlow to take a deep dive into all things Tesla, in advance of today’s ...
Bonus: Matt Levine Talks Elon
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We here at Elon, Inc wanted to introduce you to Matt Levine's Money Stuff: The Podcast - especially since he spoke about Elon in the latest epis...
Tesla Can't Stop Losing
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the past week, Tesla has been in the news—badly. Tesla announced the largest company-wide terminations in its history—laying off 10% of its gl...
Elon Mulls a Robotaxi, X is Threatened in Brazil
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, Elon promised an August 8 unveiling of a new robotaxi and replied to a post on X suggesting that Tesla was “shifting more resources” to...
Elon's Porn Problem (and Tesla Headache)
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you think you’ve been seeing more X-rated content on X lately, you’re not alone. Elon's social media platform has long been permissive about su...
Tesla Takes the Wheel, Starlink Terminals Have a Black Market Problem
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a collaboration with the Bloomberg’s Big Take podcast, we present a story on SpaceX's Starlink satellite program. It touts itself as a source of ...
Listen Now: The Big Take
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters aroun...
Lemon Out, Tesla Down, SpaceX Up
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January, former CNN anchor Don Lemon announced that he’d had found a new patron who promised not to rein him in: Elon Musk. The new Don Lemon Sho...
Live from SXSW: Elon Goes to Texas
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a very old saying in Texas—“all hat and no cattle”—meaning essentially all talk, no action. Does this describe Musk, the state’s...
Make Up or Break Up: Will Trump and Musk Merge?
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Elon, Inc., Businessweek senior reporter and editor Max Chafkin talks to Joshua Green, Businessweek’s political correspondent, abou...
Sam Altman v. Elon Musk v. Delaware
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk is mad at Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI. Musk has many grievances with the nonprofit research lab, some of which he has brought ...
Introducing: The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, features intimate conversations with business titans, sports champions and game-changing entrepren...
Elon's Tunnels are Mired in sludge, But the Cybertruck is a Smooth Ride
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when Elon's formula for success goes wrong? In this episode we explored the failings of the Boring Company, Musk’s tunneling venture, w...
Bonus: The Real Reason Elon Musk Bought Twitter (Maybe)
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Max Chafkin sits down with Bloomberg social media reporter Kurt Wagner to talk about Wagner’s new book Battle for the Bird: ...
Starlink is Incredibly Influential—and Investors Want In
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past year or so, Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system has become increasingly important—and along with that, valuable. It’s been in th...
How Wall Street Sees Elon and the Autopilot Superbowl "Ad"
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Following a Superbowl attack ad, this week’s episode sees the crew discussing the challenges (and opportunities posed by) Autopilot and Full Self-Dr...
The story Elon isn't posting about... (Hint: It's Tesla's stock price)
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lately, Tesla has been one of the stock market’s biggest losers. Since the beginning of the year, the company has dropped about $200 billion in mark...
Emergency Episode: Elon's $55 Billion Pay Problem
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday’s Delaware court ruling could cost Elon Musk more than just $55 billion. The scathing, 200-page decision—by the same judge who presided ...
Elon Implants a Brain Chip, Deepfakes Break X
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2019, Musk has promised that his company Neuralink, which is developing computer chips to be implanted in people’s brains, was close to perfor...
Elon Musk Bingo on Tesla’s Earnings Call
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Tesla fans and critics alike have produced mock bingo cards ahead of Tesla earnings calls. And so, in honor of Tesla’s next call, which w...
Elon is the New Rush Limbaugh... No, Warren Buffett... No, Howard Hughes...
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the crew is joined by Bloomberg tech reporter Davey Alba to discuss how Musk is increasingly engaging with memes and misinformation favored...
Elon's Bad Trip
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Were we talking about almost any other executive, the report by the Wall Street Journal over the weekend about Elon Musk’s alleged drug use would ha...
Tesla Slows Down, X's Value Drops and 2024 is Just Getting Started
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past decade, Elon Musk’s car company has transformed itself from a niche brand with a novelty product into a major automotive manufacturer ...
Elon Musk Made 2023 All About Him
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For better or worse, 2023 was the Year of Elon. The world’s richest man entered the year humbled: Tesla’s stock had fallen precipitously over the ...
Grok Is Good, Actually, and a Tesla Recall
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Elon Musk announced his new AI chatbot “Grok” last month, almost everything about it looked like a publicity stunt or a vanity project or bot...
Tesla’s First Strike and Alex Jones’ Return to X
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Elon Musk has fended off efforts by the United Auto Workers to unionize his factory in Fremont, California, where Tesla Inc. employs roug...
Deciphering Elon Musk's Politics
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This time we assess the aftermath of an especially gonzo week in the life of Elon Musk—one in which the billionaire CEO delivered the first producti...
The Cybertruck Is Coming, Whether Tesla Is Ready or Not
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first shipments of Tesla Inc.’s long awaited Cybertruck are expected on Thursday—a momentous event given the years of anticipation. Bloomberg ...
Elon Goes 'Thermonuclear'
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been about a week since X-owner Elon Musk ignited a firestorm by endorsing antisemitic and racist posts on his social media platform. Since the...
Emergency Pod: The Impact of Musk Endorsing Antisemitism
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emergency pod! We are back in the studio for a second time this week to discuss the fallout of recent X posts by Elon Musk. Musk—who often posts c...
"Making Money on Space Is Still Extremely Difficult"
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Starship spacecraft for the second time. The first time yielded… mixed results. It was detonated within...
BONUS: Would You Put Neuralink In Your Brain?
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink wants to implant a tiny chip in people’s brains, and it’s looking for a volunteer for its first clinical trial. As...
Launching Grok, Fighting Fain
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode, we take a close look at the latest industry Musk wants to disrupt: artificial intelligence. We also discuss something that m...
Introducing: Elon, Inc.
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At Bloomberg, we’re always talking about the biggest business stories, and no one is bigger than Elon Musk. In this new chat weekly show, host David...