Wendy Siegelman<p>Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to His AI Start-Up xAI</p><p>The transaction valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion - down from the $44 billion Musk paid for Twitter in 2022, but higher than the recent $12 billion valuation by X investor Fidelity</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xcom</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/technology/musk-x-xai.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/28/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/musk-x-xai.html</span></a></p>