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There's a lot of negativity here, but tbh, it makes complete sense. Grok and X are really tightly integrated already, and it was strange that they were separate
by _ea1k 2y ago
There's a lot of negativity here, but tbh, it makes complete sense. Grok and X are really tightly integrated already, and it was strange that they were separate enterprises to begin with. That part was odd.
Fixing it isn't odd.
- ceejayoz 2y agoWhat can Grok do that’s worth $80B?
- _ea1k 2y agoNearly the same thing as Google search can at this point, but maybe a better job of it. It isn't people's default choice at this point, but I'm having a hard time imagining people not trending toward it (or a competitor) over time. And right now, Gemini's public models aren't cutting it. $80B for Twitter+Grok is potentially a bargain, but it all depends on execution.
- quest88 2y agoWhat was previously broken? What can they both now do that they could not do before?
- whats_a_quasar 2y agoThe negativity is because he's using investor money in xAI in a related party transaction. He's negotiating both sides of the sale and it's not at all obvious the transaction price is a good or real price for Twitter. It may make sense to merge the two, but this is an unethical way to make a deal and I think it is likely the xAI investors are getting screwed.
- drexlspivey 2y agoWill someone think of Larry Ellison
- _ea1k 2y agoI can understand that angle, but TBH, I have a hard time caring. They aren't a public company, and their private shareholders aren't lacking for resources to fight if they disagreed with this choice.
- whats_a_quasar 2y agoOh yeah I totally agree with that framing. I find this fascinating intellectually because of the deal dynamics and worthy of critique but agree that the tone of some of the commentary is a bit silly. It's a really unethical thing to do, but it's all private capital and everyone with exposure knowingly made the choice to go into business with Musk. They can sue and definitely will win if Musk did cross any legal lines.
- jfoster 2y agoWhat makes it unethical? For all we know, the private investors are all in agreement on this. Musk tends to take capital from investors that he is on very good terms with. There's most likely a lot of overlap between investors of both companies.
- rvba 2y agoWho are the silent investors anyway? VP and Saudis?