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theo wait

T3 · host / generalist

Covers Elon Musk's companies (Tesla, SpaceX, X, xAI) for The Information; recently reported on Tesla's chip fab ambitions and Optimus robot development details.

2 calls·2 names·0% bull·last heard 10 months ago·The Information
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no scored calls yet — needs a stated position or a categorical verdict, with a matured window vs SPY

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$TSLATesla

Tesla exploring proprietary chip fab to serve Optimus, vehicles, and data centers; XAI likely customer

Tesla has internally discussed building a chip fab for a unified 'super chip' across Optimus, Cybercab, and data centers, and reporting indicates XAI would be a customer, though the shareholder vote against a direct XAI equity investment shows limits to cross-company financial ties.

The Information2025-11episode →
2ndlow conviction
$SPCXSpaceX

xAI positioned as likely customer for Tesla's planned unified chip fab

Reporting suggests Elon Musk's AI company xAI would be a customer for Tesla's envisioned proprietary chip fabrication facility, which aims to produce a single chip architecture for Optimus, Tesla vehicles, and data centers.

The Information2025-11episode →

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Tesla
LOWtheo wait·The Information·10 months ago·Bitcoin Plunge, 1Password’s New Growth Phase, Beehiiv Launches Creator Toolset | Nov 17, 2025
Tesla exploring proprietary chip fab to serve Optimus, vehicles, and data centers; XAI likely customer
Tesla has internally discussed building a chip fab for a unified 'super chip' across Optimus, Cybercab, and data centers, and reporting indicates XAI would be a customer, though the shareholder vote against a direct XAI equity investment shows limits to cross-company financial ties.
"So ideally Elon wants there to be one kind of super chip that will work in Optimus, the the humanoid robot Tesla's building that will work in its vehicles. So the the Cyber Cab an…"
19:31
$SPCX
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SpaceX
LOWtheo wait·The Information·10 months ago·Bitcoin Plunge, 1Password’s New Growth Phase, Beehiiv Launches Creator Toolset | Nov 17, 2025
xAI positioned as likely customer for Tesla's planned unified chip fab
Reporting suggests Elon Musk's AI company xAI would be a customer for Tesla's envisioned proprietary chip fabrication facility, which aims to produce a single chip architecture for Optimus, Tesla vehicles, and data centers.
"And so through my reporting I I I found that was the case. Um you know it seems like Tesla had kind of talked about building a fab internally for a while before he made that comme…"
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Robotics & Physical AItailwind
Tesla's owned factories give it a unique internal deployment sandbox for Optimus versus pure-play robotics startups
Unlike Figure or 1X, Tesla can deploy thousands of Optimus robots in its own manufacturing facilities and warehouses to iterate on hardware and software before external commercialization, a vertical integration advantage that accelerates learning cycles.