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Timeline · October 20, 2026

What Elon Musk said on October 20, 2026

Musk said the SpaceX and Tesla special committees have reached no agreement and that a merger is not guaranteed. He said he is not on either committee, favors combining the companies, and pointed to shared work on AI software, chip design and robotics.

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