Elon Musk has done a lot for Tesla over the years - and he's been instrumental in many of the company's biggest products and decisions.
But on Monday this week, Musk appeared to make a thinly veiled threat to Tesla, its board of Directors and shareholders: Give him more controlling vote in the company, or risk losing AI development.
But with Elon Musk's support at Tesla still seemingly strong, what's really going on? What could explain the demand? And what's going to happen?
00:00 - Introduction 04:06 - Editorial note 04:56 - Discussion online 05:22 - Sidenote: Elon Musk's 2018 Pay deal 06:45 - Elon Musk weighs in 08:04 - The impact of Elon's threat 10:04 - Steve Jobs and Elon Musk 12:00 - Calling Nikki out as a hyprocryte (rightly) 13:50 - So, what's REALLY going on? 15:44 - Elon Musk, X, and his political shift 16:36 - Elon's reality distortion field 18:06 - The mythology of Musk 18:53 - With unwarvering support, why worry? 20:18 - Does he STILL have support? 21:19 - ...Or is it money? 21:50 - ...Or is it just protecting Tesla? 23:12 - Nikki's take 25:43 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
Links:
2018 Tesla Shareholder filings:
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000156459018009339/tsla-def14a_20180606.htm and
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data//1318605/000156459018015129/tsla-8k_20180611.htm
Elon Musk and X in the media:
- https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/media/elon-musk-antisemitism-white-people/index.html
- https://news.yahoo.com/civil-rights-groups-horrified-elon-193230017.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/18/european-union-x-probe-elon-musk/?itid=sr_7
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/musk-lashes-out-at-advertisers-leaving-x-over-rise-in-hate-speech#:~:text=Elon%20Musk%20is%20dialing%20up,on%20X%20earlier%20this%20month.
- https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/x-formerly-twitter-hate-speech-running-rampant-ccdh.html
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