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Elon Musk<\/a> on Monday said he does not support a merger between xAI and Tesla, as questions swirl over the future relationship of the electric automaker and artificial intelligence company.<\/p>\n X account @BullStreetBets_ posted an open question to Tesla investors on the social media site asking if they support a merger between Tesla and xAI. Musk responded<\/a> with “No.”<\/p>\n The statement comes as the tech billionaire contemplates the future relationship and possible integration between his multiple businesses.<\/p>\n Overnight, Musk suggested<\/a> that Tesla will hold a shareholder vote at an unspecified time on whether the automaker should invest in xAI, the billionaire’s company that develops the controversial Grok AI chatbot. Last year, Musk asked his followers<\/a> in an poll on social media platform X whether Tesla should invest $5 billion into xAI. The majority voted “yes” at the time.<\/p>\n Since exiting his position in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, Musk has looked to bring his various businesses closer together, with much of the action centering around xAI.<\/p>\n In March, Musk merged xAI and X together in a deal that valued the artificial intelligence company at $80 billion and the social media company at $33 billion. The tech billionaire also last week said that Tesla vehicles will host xAI’s chatbot Grok, which has recently come under criticism for praising\u00a0Adolf Hitler<\/a>\u00a0and posting a barrage of antisemitic comments. xAI on Saturday issued a lengthy apology<\/a> for the “horrific behavior that many experienced” as a result of Grok’s performance, saying it had taken measures to correct the issue.<\/p>\n On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a> that another Musk venture, rocket designer and launcher SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI, citing investors close to the company. The space company’s backing is part of a broader $10 billion debt and equity fundraising effort<\/a> previously announced by Morgan Stanley, the newspaper said. CNBC has reached out to xAI and SpaceX for comment.<\/p>\n xAI has been upping the ante to build out infrastructure and develop Grok, whose latest version the company has billed as “the world’s smartest artificial intelligence<\/a>” and “the most intelligent AI to date.” AI assessor Artificial Analysis found<\/a> Grok 4 is of “higher quality\u00a0compared to average.”<\/p>\n