[merlindru]

why would Google help a competitor like that, though?

[sorenjan]

Google (Alphabet) owns 6% of SpaceX which they bought for $12B in 2015. They want to maximize the value of their investment.

[hirako2000]

The article mentions Google is heavily invested in it.

[somewhatgoated]

How is Google competing with SpaceX?

[sublimefire]

If you look at the IPO filings you’ll see that Spacex as we know it is just a small part of the expected revenue generator. It is supposedly Grok and AI, hence Google competitor.

[Forgeties79]

I can’t believe serious people use Grok. It has to be propped up by Twitter usage/Musk fans right? It really strikes me as the worst one.

[pqtyw]

Well you or me also can publish a statement claiming we are Google's competitors. That doesn't mean they'll take it seriously.

[an0malous]

They’re both AI companies

[prymitive]

All companies are now AI companies. Just like a while ago all companies were suddenly Ads companies. The entire tech sector is one big FOMO - once you reach certain scale you do exactly the same thing as everyone else.

[mcintyre1994]

I get what you mean but SpaceX owns xAI, which is objectively a company that trains models and has massive distribution by owning X.

I don’t think their models are competitive with Google, and Google obviously has the best distribution imaginable, but they definitely are a competitor.

[sumeno]

In the way that Michael Jordan and myself are both basketball players

[klodolph]

One of which has more capacity and wants even more, one of which has less capacity and is renting it out.

[nutjob2]

In the sense that if you want to sell anything whatsoever today it must an AI story.

[wiether]

One is an ad company the other a lifestyle venture?

[venkyvb]

Google is safeguarding it's investment in SpaceX.

[devops000]

Maybe common investors want to sell stocks to retail

[YetAnotherNick]

They are not. The amount of conspiracy in high ranked HN comments for AI companies is insane.