Elon Musk controls ventures such as Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI.
Combined, Musk-controlled projects provide at least 2×10^20 dense INT8 operations per second from the xAI cluster alone. Further data is needed to quantify Tesla and SpaceX resources.
Musk’s centralized control over large-scale compute enables rapid development of proprietary AI systems but concentrates power and decision-making in a single individual, raising concerns around oversight and misuse. At the same time, this infrastructure can accelerate technological innovation across automotive, aerospace, and AI industries.
Reuters, “Elon Musk says xAI’s new supercomputer will be completed next year,” 2024. https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-xais-new-supercomputer-will-be-completed-next-year-2024-06-20/ ↩
Colfax, “NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU,” 2023. https://colfaxresearch.com/nvidia-h100-performance/ ↩
Reuters, “Tesla builds Dojo supercomputer,” 2023. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-builds-dojo-supercomputer-2023-07-19/ ↩