SpaceX

The company is exploring satellite launches for its Project Suncatcher as competition to build AI infrastructure in space intensifies.

The agreement gives Elon Musk’s company a route into the fast-growing AI coding market as it looks to strengthen xAI’s position against larger rivals.

The consolidation brings rockets, satellites and AI under one roof as Musk pitches orbital data centres and solar power as the next frontier for large-scale AI computing.