Investing.com– Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday asked his followers on social media platform X whether the electric vehicle maker should invest $5 billion in his artificial intelligence startup xAI.
“Board approval & shareholder vote are needed, so this is just to test the waters,” Musk said while posing the question through a poll for his over 190.5 million followers on X.
Of the 286,472 respondents to the poll, 70.5% voted yes while 29.5% voted no. The poll is open until Wednesday evening.
Musk founded xAI in March 2023 with a mission to “understand the universe.” The company had in May 2024 reportedly raised $6 billion of funding through a slew of venture capital firms.
Earlier this week, Musk said the firm was training the “world’s most powerful AI,” although he did not provide details.
His poll on X comes just hours after Tesla clocked a…
