Musk warned those involved that President Trump wouldn’t bless the OpenAI data-center project in Abu Dhabi unless his xAI company was included in the deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

A group of activist Tesla shareholders sent a letter to board chair Robyn Denholm Wednesday calling for guarantees that CEO Elon Musk devote at least 40 hours a week to the electric vehicle maker after spending much of the past year focused on federal politics.

The Department of Defense has officially ended Elon Musk's "what did you do last week" emails, a Pentagon spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday. Why it matters: In the wake of Musk's short but consequential time leading DOGE, the move suggests elements of the government are starting to move on from some of his more controversial policies.