Elon Musk has expanded his footprint in Texas, moving his companies from California and building offices, warehouses and manufacturing plants across a growing number of Texas counties. Now Mr. Musk is trying to do something that few,

Elon Musk plans to establish a township, Starbase, for SpaceX employees in South Texas, near the company’s rocket launch site. A petition has been filed demanding a separate municipality Starbase. The proposal includes a small community of about 500 residents,

Elon Musk may be taking new steps to form Starbase, a new municipality in coastal South Texas for SpaceX employees.

A lot of compute is needed,” Mr. Musk said in a post about the financing, in which BlackRock, Fidelity and Sequoia participated.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI revealed that it raised $6 billion in its latest funding round as the startup continues to ramp up in its battle against bitter rival OpenAI. Musk took a victory lap after announcing Monday on his social media platform X that the company concluded its Series C funding round — which is usually the final stage of venture capital financing.